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Archaeology shapes how we imagine the present by helping us understand the past, and it remains a crucial tool for doing so. But in India, it often intersects with Hindutva narratives. From Ayodhya to Keezhadi, this article examines how archaeology is shaped by the contexts in which it is produced.
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Revisiting Hallaq’s critique of the modern state, the episode highlights how both the ‘Islamic polity’ and the ‘nation-state’ are often theorized through idealized, hypothetical models that never fully existed in practice. We trace the historical role of Jamiat, Deoband, and other Muslim institutions that emerged in periods of relative
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Is the crisis of secular politics merely operational or deeply ideological? We dissect the Bihar verdict, the exclusion of Muslim agency, and why the opposition must move beyond tokenism toward genuine power-sharing to survive.
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Dr. Shamsul Islam dives into RSS archives to challenge established narratives. From the origins of the Two-Nation Theory to the freedom struggle, discover what their own records reveal about India's past.
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Despite forming 17% of Bihar’s population, Muslims remain largely invisible in its development story. Concentrated in Seemanchal’s poorest districts, they face deep gaps in education, jobs, and representation—raising urgent questions ahead of the 2025 Bihar election.
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Bihar is India’s third-most populous state — yet remains one of its most underdeveloped. But behind Bihar’s well-known struggles lies a story almost never told: the story of its Muslim citizens, especially in Seemanchal. Muslims make up 17% of Bihar’s population — one in every six people — but remain
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In this episode of Nous Network, journalist Asad Ashraf speaks with former IPS officer and author Abdur Rahman, whose books Denial and Deprivation and Absent in Politics and Power explore the marginalization of Indian Muslims. The discussion focuses on the political exclusion of Muslims in India, with a special emphasis
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In this episode, we speak with Prof. Vipin Kumar Tripathi, a retired IIT Delhi professor advocating for communal harmony, secularism, and social justice. Shaped by his Gandhian freedom-fighter father and Muslim teacher Ahmed Baksh, Prof. Tripathi’s journey led him from academia to activism, sparked by the 1982 Lebanon attack
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In this episode, we speak with Dr. Abdul Qadeer, founder of the Shaheen Group of Institutions, who has spent the past 35 years connecting underprivileged children to modern, meaningful education. His work goes beyond conventional schooling — designing specialized curricula for madrasa graduates and school dropouts to help them achieve their
Nous is a multidisciplinary think-tank and media institution working at the intersection of research, media, and technology, producing rigorous, evidence-based knowledge and storytelling on Indian Muslims, and on key socio-economic and politico-legal issues shaping India and the wider world.
In this conversation, Ali Javed speaks with Dr. Javed Jamil — author, scholar, and founder of the concept of Applied Islamics — on how Islamic principles can be systematically applied to modern fields of knowledge. Dr. Jamil explains how Applied Islamics goes beyond traditional theology or the “Islamisation of knowledge” to propose
The genocide in Gaza did not begin on October 7, 2023 — it is the continuation of over a century of occupation, dispossession, and resistance. This timeline traces that long, painful history of occupation and the enduring spirit of Palestinian resistance.
Delhi, often called the "city of cities" is home to hundreds of historical monuments. Some continue to draw visitors from across the world, standing strong through time, while others have faded into neglect. In this video, we take you to Jahanpanah, the fourth city of Delhi, built by
On 16 September 1857, Shahjahanabad (today’s Old Delhi) was drenched in blood, echoing with gunfire as the First War of Independence raged. In the midst of this turmoil stood a 77-year-old man—not with a sword, but with a pen more powerful than cannons. He was Maulvi Muhammad Baqir,
The Supreme Court’s interim order on 15 September, partially staying the Waqf Amendment Act 2025, has been called a “welcome step” by some Muslim bodies. But beneath the surface, the reasoning behind the judgment raises serious questions. In this Nous Podcast episode, Dr. Nizamuddin Siddiqui analyses the Court’s
In Assam, the state is "manufacturing foreigners out of floods." Dr. Ritumbra Manuvie unpacks how climate erosion, draconian laws, and digital hate converge to strip the vulnerable of citizenship, turning survival into suspicion.
Set against the chaos of the Second World War, this documentary tells the forgotten story of Vakkom Abdul Khader—hailed as the Bhagat Singh of South. A follower of Subhash Chandra Bose and a soldier of INA, Khader after getting training in Malaya returned to India with a mission to
In this episode of Nous Network, we are joined by Dr. Ram Puniyani, former professor of biomedical engineering and a leading voice against communalism and the selective interpretation of history. Together, we explore how Hindutva narratives weaponise the past, from claims of temples beneath mosques to the vilification of India’
Partition of 1947 remains one of the greatest ruptures in modern history. It did not merely redraw borders—it uprooted communities, fractured identities, and left millions dead, displaced, or unaccounted for. Drawing on census data from 1931, 1941, and 1951, this video examines migration flows, demographic upheavals, and the uneven
In a conversation with Asad Ashraf, Abdul Wahid Shaikh, one of the individuals acquitted by the Bombay High Court in the 2006 Mumbai train blast case, speaks about his wrongful imprisonment. He discusses being framed for a crime he didn't commit, detailing how he and others were subjected
Gaza is the only place on Earth where an entire population is facing famine. This is not a natural disaster. It is engineered starvation. Israel’s refusal to let in aid leading to Gaza’s starvation is not a byproduct of war. It is a system designed to starve an
The story of India’s independence is not the tale of one religion, caste, or community; it is the shared struggle of an entire nation. Yet, the sacrifices of Indian Muslims in the freedom movement have often been overlooked. In this video, we remember some of the countless Muslim freedom
