A chronicle
A young man with a stubble ambled across the restaurant and sat opposite me. I was in the quaint little town of Surendranagar in Gujarat for a field visit during my internship with Pepsi. My visits involved going from restaurant to restaurant and understand their apprehensions about my employer. It was evening. I was at… Read More What’s in a Name
Gurgaon as a city scares me. It is considered unsafe for women because it sees a large number of incidents of assault or harassment of women. It is also a city that I consider unsafe for Muslims now. Just recently, two incidents occurred which made me feel this way — Muslims offering their Friday prayers in an… Read More Can we pray in peace?
What is a fatwa?… Read More The Fatwa Fallacy
31-08-2018, Mumbai, India: Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to ending racism. – Eminem Good Morning Everyone. It’s the Friday Post on a balmy Friday morning. On the edge of Mumbai lies the suburb of Nala Sopara. It had a very glorious past, having served as a crucial port of the… Read More The Muslim Rap
How Indian Muslims celebrate the Independence Day… Read More The Independence Day Post
A description of the rituals and activities associated with death in Indian Muslim families.… Read More Let’s talk about Death
An academic understanding of the Muslim Caste System… Read More Let’s talk about Caste
Why Indian Muslims need to talk about Sex… Read More Let’s Talk about Sex
A short-ish description of an Indian Muslim Wedding.… Read More Let’s talk about Marriage
Can a Muslim be vegetarian? This post answers in brief and looks at the many reasons for the same.… Read More Vegetarian Muslims
A LAYMAN PERSPECTIVE 