Brian Griffith's Blog - Posts Tagged "muslims"

In the 1990s, as India's nationalists for a Hindu state grew more politically powerful, the Telegu poet Khadar Mohiuddin wrote of what it was like for himself and his fellow Muslims:

My religion is a conspiracy
My prayer meetings are a conspiracy
My lying quiet is a conspiracy
My attempt to wake up is a conspiracy
My desire to have friends is a conspiracy
My ignorance, my backwardness, a conspiracy
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy