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Every year, there is an odd debate on the “correct” spelling of Ramadan/Ramazan. It is a curious thing, tinged with concerns about radicalisation, a xenophobic nativist unease about “Arabisation”, and generally divorced from any idea of history or an understanding of India’s place in the world.

Much of it reflects concerns with the Sunni violence perpetrated against the Shia populace of Pakistan, without acknowledging the large differences between the Muslim communities in India and Pakistan, and the impact of state policy and international wars.

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One more phase down and the last one left. While in some places the voter turnout slipped down, it some places it shot up. What do these numbers indicate about the elections?

With the only phase left, we are also witnessing the final efforts by the political parties to impress the voters. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the mood to give interviews to journalists. But why is he talking about cloud covers and digital cameras?

These elections have also brought some of the important regional players back into the narrative. What is the chatter on KCR, Mayawati and Mamata about?

One curious factor about elections are the silent voters who haven’t opened up about their political preferences. We’ve heard the slogans, we’ve heard the debate but how do we interpret the silent voters and their impact on the 2019 polls?

All this and more on this episode of Chunav Tracker with Sanjay Pugalia. Tune in!

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Muslims are always unknown, an ever receding community from the eyes of popular perception. Islamophobia is much more normalised and rationalised than non-Muslim thinkers usually conceptualise. Communal riot erupts when the already present flame of Islamophobic sentiments is stoked. The two reinforces one another. One is overt, another covert. One is head, another tail. But two sides of the same coin. Listen to the podcast for the full story.

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