The Demographic Mirror of Sambhal: When the Arithmetic of Population Becomes the Graph of Politics
An opinion piece — Sambhal in the mirror of Islam’s demographic strategy Beginning: A story bigger than one town Sambhal. The very name brings to mind the town where, in the winter of 2024, violence erupted over the mosque survey, where the police-administration had to take to the streets, and where the markets stayed silent […]
Moradabad 1980: When Hindus Became Refugees and History Turned the Muslim into the “Victim”
“There was a riot” — and with that one line our textbooks move on. But has anyone ever asked — after the riot, who stayed in the city and who ran? Moradabad, 1980. The city in Uttar Pradesh that people today know for its brass trade. But what happened here four decades ago wasn’t just […]