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Posts Tagged ‘Maurya Empire’

A Headless Nation

By Aftab Alam • Sep 4th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Hindus number of gods according to their renowned scholar, Romesh Chunder Dutt is more than 32 million. There are more than 800 established & live languages in Bharat (India), the number of dialects is countless. The number of recognized creeds apart from the religion of Islam is 9 comprising of Buddhism, Christianity, Sikhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, [...]



Mumbai’s Jewish and Muslim Heritage

By Shayan Khan • Dec 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Until two decades ago the highly cosmopolitan Mumbai (or Bombay) stood as a shining example of the peaceful co-existence between Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Christians, Parsis or any other religions and sects. I doubt that the centuries-old traditions would vanish in the wake of a tragedy unleashed by a few hot-headed and misguided/brain-washed young people this [...]