
हिलाल अहमद Hilal Ahmed
@ahmed1hilal
Associate Professor, CSDS, New Delhi, works on political Islam, Muslim politics, representation debate and politics of symbols. Tweets are personal.
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http://www.csds.in/faculty_hilal_ahmed.htm 06-06-2012 11:37:28
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An engaging conversation that revolves around my book "A Brief History of the Present: Muslims in New India" with one of the most courageous public intellectuals of our time Harsh Mander Bhai.


Yes suhas palshikar bhai. That's why I find his ideas more attractive. He didn't get time to develop his notion of "Muslim Satyashodhak". This makes Phule as an important reference point for the Muslim story of nationalism.

Thanks Mohammad Sajjad محمد سجاد bhai, sensitive and critical historians like you can certainly enrich this debate. I agree with you on Shahabuddin's problematic position on Shah Bano episode. That's why Dalwai is also recognised as an important thinker especially in post colonial India


Episode 2 of the new #podcast on Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India. Harsh Mander (Harsh Mander) speaks to Hilal Ahmed (हिलाल अहमद Hilal Ahmed), an academic working on Muslim politics and representation, about Indian Muslims’ marginalisation and the myth of appeasement.

Harsh Mander हिलाल अहमद Hilal Ahmed Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/QnPABZ-LUUw

🎙️ “The state must ensure positive representation of Muslim identity. So, if the positive representation of Muslim identity is maintained, then the wider sensitisation could happen,” says हिलाल अहमद Hilal Ahmed to Harsh Mander youtu.be/QnPABZ-LUUw


Episode 2 of Himal’s new #podcast on Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India is out now. Harsh Mander (Harsh Mander) speaks to academic and writer Hilal Ahmed (हिलाल अहमद Hilal Ahmed) about the roots of hate, rising individualism, and the fading idea of collectivity in today’s India.

Episode 2 of Himal’s new #podcast on Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India is out now. Harsh Mander (Harsh Mander) speaks to academic and writer Hilal Ahmed (हिलाल अहमद Hilal Ahmed) about the roots of hate, rising individualism, and the fading idea of collectivity in today’s India.

One of the best discussions on my research on Muslim identity in contemporary India. CSDS, Delhi Lokniti-CSDS open.spotify.com/episode/3zITzQ…


Harsh Mander हिलाल अहमद Hilal Ahmed Catch the full episode on Himal’s podcast channels on YouTube, Spotify and Apple podcasts now. himalmag.com/podcasts/india…

Episode 2 of Himal’s new #podcast on Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India is out now. Harsh Mander (Harsh Mander) speaks to academic and writer Hilal Ahmed (हिलाल अहमद Hilal Ahmed) about the roots of hate, rising individualism, and the fading idea of collectivity in today’s India.

Spending time with Prof Rajeev Bhargava , my teacher, has always been a unique learning experience.


An important reminder for all of us by Yogendra Yadav

Brilliant intervention in the nationalism debate, opens a new angle altogether. So far the debate has had interventions by Prof suhas palshikar Prof हिलाल अहमद Hilal Ahmed Prof Akeel Bilgrami, Prof Pranab Bardhan, Prof G N Devy and now Prof Pratap Bhanu Mehta Looking for good occasion to respond

