The reality of being Muslim in India

August 03, 2015 11:40

"In our Anglicised middle classes, the sense of bigotry and prejudice runs through so strongly that it is frightening. I need hardly go into the matter of the troubled faced by Muslims who look for housing and jobs.

"There are moments, and the hanging of Yakub Memon was one, where all of the gathered injustices are crystallised. Those gathered at the graveyard were not there to protest. They came to sympathise because they are also victims,' says Aakar Patel. Read

Aakar is Amnesty International India chief and regular columnist with Rediff.com.

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