The only substantial contribution was made by an RSS lawyer hailing from Anantnag in Kashmir. 'I have studied Islam in depth,' he said, 'and found it to be a great religion. I cannot understand anyone placing Islam in the dock.' Ironically enough this defender of Islam was literally the first to be shot dead when the ethnic cleansing started in the Valley in the winter of 1989.

The word secular is defined in the dictionaries as 'the belief that the state, morals, education, etc. should be independent of religion.' But in India it mean…

Meanwhile, please pardon us for saying that we have found no music in the language of your letter, no rhyme in your reasoning, no value in your judgments, and …

In the case of Islam, our effort aims at raising the dialogue from the street level to the level of scholarly platforms. For a long time, Hindus have been flat…