At this moment in history, this is how I feel, and the people I talk to for the book feel, and this needs to be put on record,” says Wahab. ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTShe recalls a conversation with a neighbour who held deep prejudices against Muslims and told her she was an “exception”. On being pressed to name actual Muslims he knew, he named over 10 people, who were all “exceptions”. Early in the book, she writes: “Today, one sees two kinds of Muslims in public places in India. Wahab’s book begins with an intensely personal family story—more a family legend, really—about a ghost that lived peacefully in their Agra home.

Source: Mint April 22, 2021 01:30 UTC