If the amount of social media critique was actually funneled into carving a legit political opposition in India in the past six years, may be with regional players or with emerging outfits may be a hint of a counter narrative would have emerged. Building is hard, typing away is easier. And it would not have any impact on the voter on the ground, as the middle voter does not see an alternative. A 95 year old deep state organisation is subliminal and on the ground, omnipresent.

The Centrality of India in TJ’s worldview inspite of it being a transnational Islamic network.

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Islam On The Move, Farish Noor

Understanding the Markaz incident recently, via evidence.

Day 8 of #21daylockdownindia in Devachi Uruli, Pune Rural. The vibe at the chowk is back- a lot more vegetable vendors (with the usual acoustics and aesthetics of a wet market) and all Kirana shops open. The traffic is buzzing and social distancing has gone for a toss as well. When will people take this pandemic seriously?