For our tomorrow
By Sutapa Basu
Capture of Tololing Knoll on19 June, 1999 was the first victory of the Indian Army and has gone into history as the turning point of the Kargil war.
The Debut of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Election
By Syed Kamran Ali
In the coming days, Asaduddin Owaisi would have to further work on an image makeover to plant AIMIM firmly in the national imagination.
Five Poems
By Ajmal Khan
This time,
When my Mobile phone rang
They understood
I am a Dalit.
My Fair Lady
By Kouser Fathima
Laila, from the legend of Laila-Majnu, written by Amir Khusrau, was one of the few who was described as brown-skinned but with time even her description changed: beautiful became synonymous with fairness. However, the word, ‘Layla’, in Arabic means night or dark and hence she was named so after her dusky/dark complexion.
Book Review: Aatish Tasee’r ‘The Way Things Were’
By Faiza Farid
Aatish Taseer’s The Way Things Were is a literary delight that reminds of Fitzgerald and Proust and Rushdie with the occasional entry of V.S Naipaul. A story that stays with the reader.
My Gift
By Sutapa Basu
What had I done? Was it their hunger I had appeased or assuaged my guilt? Here I was, unthinkingly buying inessential food to mark just a festive occasion and there they were… starving for just a morsel!
Flags I want to hoist just for a moment and then burn them all
By Goirick Brahmachari
Pakistani, because Sain Zahoor fucks me up,
Bangladeshi – there, there, my roots lie
Icelandic, for the music is high
American, for the Delta Blues and Jazz and Beats and Dylan and Malcom X …
Book Review: Ayesha Jalal’s ‘The Pity of Partition: Manto’s Life, Times, and Work across the India-Pakistan Divide’
By Safia Begum
What also adds to the strength of the book are some hitherto unexplored sources like his personal unpublished letters that he received from his friends and admirers, also known as Manto Papers. No scholar has so far accessed these letters and these new archival sources offer a rare glimpse into Manto’s life and his times.
Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘The Broken Home’ (Nastanirh): Chapter 11 & 12
By Lopa Banerjee
While she looked into Amal’s face, Charu had noticed his thin, frail form today. The youthful charm and vigor of his appearance had withered away, and she felt an unexplained sting in her heart to see that. She had no doubt that he was plagued by his forthcoming farewell, but then, why did he behave so strangely with her?
This Monsoon: A Ghazal
By Manash Bhattacharjee
This Monsoon: A Ghazal
Do Muslim Women Need a Feminist Revolution?
By Kouser Fathima
Muslim feminist revivalism would imply that women must press against regressive patriarchal practices and reclaim their rights within the progressive framework of their religion.
Yakub Memon, A MUSLIM, Was Hanged
By Mosarrap H. Khan
Who would return the youthful innocence of millions of Muslim teenagers like me who lived their formative years in the shadow of Babri Masjid demolition and the riots that followed? To whom was justice served by taking Yakub Memon’s life? Certainly, this was no justice for Muslims in India.
Cafe Dissensus Everyday 