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  Recover the secular ground
It would be intellectually satisfying if, in some ways, this book is regarded as a personal manifesto, a statement through the history of Partition and its aftermath, of the values which India’s Muslims should cherish, of the national priorities they should promote.”
   
Earlier Columns
  Towards an endgame, April 17, 2002
2002: A sad odyssey, April 3, 2002
Muharram arrived too soon, March 20, 2002
Restore India’s dignity, March 6, 2002
Nipping thought in the bud, February 20, 2002
Historical disarray, February 6, 2002
Imagining history, January 10, 2002
It’s story-time, folks, December 26, 2001
The myth of brotherhood, December 12, 2001
Did I pass or fail?, November 14, 2001
Shahi Imam, you've got mail, October 31, 2001
Muslim rage is for real, October 18, 2001
Repeal evil with good, October 3, 2001
Wrestling with shadows, September 19, 2001
The crisis of our times, September 5, 2001
Another kind of love, August 22, 2001
A passage to cheap fame, August 8, 2001
Goodwill hunting, July 25, 2001
Fables of faith, June 27, 2001
Death of a seminary, June 13, 2001
The seat of liberal Islam, May 30, 2001
Snapshots of change, May 02, 2001
Forgotten dreams of forgotten men, May 02, 2001
The passionate liberal, April 18, 2001
George and friends, March 21, 2001
Yet the Buddha smiles , March 07, 2001
Myths of appeasement , March 07, 2001
Where are the healers?, January 24, 2001
Wisdom of the Valley, January 10, 2001
An older covenant, December 27, 2000
Lessons in irony, December 13, 2000
Many worlds, one universe, November 29, 2000
History as dialogue , October 18, 2000
The masses will decide , September 20, 2000
Now redeem the promise, August 23, 2000
Through Jafri’s eyes , August 09, 2000
Living together separately , July 26, 2000