In the grand tapestry of the Indian subcontinent’s history, there is a persistent tension between the “history of the sword” and the “history of the
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Category: Philosophy
Journey to Jerusalem: Through the Sufi Path
I have written quite a lot about the rather messed-up human history. To this end, I have written extensively about the often-bad role of medieval
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A Tale of a Thousand Years
This is the best of the times, this is the worst of the times. Isn’t it? Indeed, it is. We have never lived in such
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One Hundred Years of Turpitude
The reign of the Banu Umayya is rarely discussed in Muslim gatherings. Sunni lecturers can give a passing reference to this era that spanned almost
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Journey to Jerusalem: Conquest Upon Conquest
My last Journey to Jerusalem article was partly focused on reflecting on events surrounding the year 712 AD and the conquest of SIndh by the
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Journey to Jerusalem: A Muslim Mistake
I have watched the Schindler’s list twice in my life. When I watched it for the first time, it was more than twenty years ago.
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Journey to Jerusalem: The Misplaced Dome
War in the Middle East, Gaza, is not coming to an end. A few months ago, I wrote a couple of articles about the history
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Journey to Jerusalem: From Crusades to Democracy
Given the current conflict in the Middle East, there doesn’t seem to be much hope for peace in sight shortly. There are calls for a
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Journey to Jerusalem: A Turning Point
Nowadays, the hottest issue on Twitter is the Palestine-Israel conflict. There is a never-ending stream of tweets going on all the time about the horror
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Essence of Epistemology
One of my ex-colleagues remarked on Facebook today about the limits of language models in terms of their ability to acquire knowledge. Out of a
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