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Don't judge a book by its cover

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With this article of mine, I not only want to draw my readers attention to the radical discrimination that Indian Muslims face in our country today - because of the religion they follow – but also want to make a point that Muslims wearing a skull cap, a hijab, a kaftan, a turban - or any form of Muslim religious gear - and who follow the religion of Islam are not terrorists for God sake. Indeed, it is the misfortune of this community that almost all terrorists are Muslims!! Out of nearly 11crores of Muslim population that India encompasses today, a minuscule of 800-900 people may be involved in the act of terrorism. Moreover, logically if each Muslim was a terrorist and carried a bomb wherever they travelled…then India would be wiped out from the map due to bombing by the 11crore Muslim population. Terrorists, in fact are people who have misinterpreted the meaning of Jihad as taught, prophesied and propagated by Prophet Muhammad in the Quran. Let me substantiate my viewpoint with my ...

The dimpled youth icon of India goes local

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I’m just back after escorting my sister to the airport, who departed from Mumbai this evening, on a short holiday to be part of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF). Wow! I just wish I could join her to ‘Do-buy’ in Dubai, but certain commitments at hand, let this linger as my wishful thinking. After my brief airport quickie, I thought I would be able to make it to my scheduled evening lecture today…but to my misfortune I got late for that as well. Ahh…well, so I thought I should use my earned time to write my views about Rahul Gandhi’s charming & exciting stopover in Mumbai today. Doing a somersault Rahul Gandhi is his capacity as Congress General Secretary visited Mumbai today and was scheduled to greet students in Vile Parle in North Mumbai, and then fly in a chopper to Ghatkopar to meet the residents of a Dalit slum. But Rahul baba (the future of Indian politics) flip-flopped his entire schedule by travelling in a local train to Ghatkopar impromptu, leaving his security m...