Eid Mubarak, everyone.

(Art by Sarmad Hashmi)

Sacred Games showed up in Parade Mag's list of The 110 Best Thriller, Crime and Suspense Novels of All Time. I'm hoping I can keep this warm fuzzy feeling alive at least through the next few days of trying to write one more half-acceptable sentence. parade.com/1327285/michae…

I'm part of an effort to build a next-generation writing environment. Check out our backstory here. wired.com/story/code-obs…

This crying Muslim child, afraid of saffron militia violence, risks her life to carry rice and wheat for her starving family.
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Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao condemns attacks on Muslims during Ram Navami celebrations, communal tensions in Karnataka over halal and hijab, and boycott call targeting Muslim vendors. India will suffer a set back “by a century” if this continues, he said. ⁦The Quint⁩

No Shefali, please don't feel sad. Cheer up and watch this video. Your ‘Priests’ can even stand outside mosques and give a call for mass r@pe and gen'ocide and get away with it because this is how festivals are supposed to be celebrated now, right?

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Unequivocally against hate speech and violence aimed at Muslims.
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Breaking News: Several people were shot on a Brooklyn subway platform during the Tuesday morning commuter rush, officials said. The attack occurred at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park. nyti.ms/376e2wN

'If his first stroke be vivid and telling the reader’s attention will be instantly won.' lithub.com/edith-wharton-…

Just some beautiful sculptures made of book pages. lithub.com/this-artist-cr…

Advising Muslim girls to study in Muslim institutes or appear for exam privately is not only a short sighted solution, it finds alternatives to justice. It will reinforce hijabi girls into ghettoised educational spaces, making them comcentrated in small pockets, unable to leave.

Hijab decision of Karnataka HC is contrary to constitutional guarantees of equality. Judiciary is not expected to uphold discriminatory policies. Wearing a scarf to cover one’s head has never been considered a violation of uniform. Justice from Supreme Court urgently required.

Muslim families in UP are concerned about their lives & livelihoods as the BJP returns. I spoke with the families of  victims of the hate crimes, all of which occurred during the BJP rule. Only 4 families agreed to be mentioned. 1/n Maktoob
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Today's judgement is unconstitutional. We will fight with all the legal ways. I am not going to go college without a hijab. I will fight for it. It is essential party of my religion,' @aliyassadi, one of the petitioners on today's Karnataka high court hijab verdict.

By hateful weaponization of past suffering, none have got the final closure or sense of justice or sense of intergenerational healing to step into the future ever. Yet, you sway with the adrenaline rush in loud voices and cacophony.

Iajaz Naqshbandi started painting Kashmir from his memories of the 1980s and eventually decided to dedicate the first ever private art gallery to artists of Kashmir
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Today marks 18 months of Umar Khalid's arrest, who talked about responding to hate with love. His bail application has been heard in the sessions court and order is awaited.