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DR. ENGSENG HO is a renowned anthropologist and Islamic scholar who teaches at Duke University. His study on the diaspora of Hadhrami descendants of the Prophet – The Grave of Tarim – is a remarkable contribution to the study of Muslim histories, and a groundbreaking work combining historiography and anthropology, by extensively using the tool of genealogy, for the first
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India Untouched: Stories of a People Apart is a 110 minutes documentary, released in 2007, about the caste-untouchability in India. The director of the film, Stalin K, travelled in eight States and covered all aspects of untouchability as practiced in India’s major religions; he spent four years on this project. On a screening tour to Kerala, he talked to MOHAMMED NOUSHAD. Excerpts.
» Read moreA.G. NOORANI is a famous author of history books and a lawyer at Supreme Court of India. He recently visited Calicut to receive CH Muhammed Koya Foundation Award for eminent writers. He talked to M NOUSHAD. You are a regular reviewer of history books. How do you assess the academic quality of history writing in India in comparison and contrast
» Read moreDr. Claude Alvares is a strikingly original critic of western science and technology, a renowned intellectual in the third world. He is based in Parra, a village near to Goa. He edits India’s largest alternative publishing house, Other India Press. Dr. Claude has been in the forefront of environmental struggles and organic educational projects for around three decades. He is author
» Read moreProf Margot Badran is a senior fellow at Centre for Christian-Muslim Understanding in Georgetown University (USA). She specializes in “Islamic feminism” and has authored many essays and books interpreting Islam on feminist perspectives. “Feminists, Islam, and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt” and “Opening the Gates: A Century of Arab Feminist Writing” (co-edited) are her important books. She
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