India's 200 million 'aliens'

Indian Muslims have been completely edged out of power structures not just by BJP but all other parties. India cannot alienate them when Taliban is finding global legitimacy

Three diverse but serious voices have emerged over this week to bring the focus back on India’s approximately 20 crore Muslims, and how their presence plays out in national politics.

We give precedence among the three to the Supreme Court of India, because an institution would outrank any individuals. The bench of Chief Justice of India N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and A S Bopanna complained that a section of the media was so communally loading its coverage of some issues that it might give India a bad name. The reference was to the Tablighi Jamaat issue in