Articles by Balraj Puri

Urdu-speaking Muslims formed the majority of the victims of the recent terrorist attack on the Samjhauta Express. Whether in Pakistan, Bangladesh or India, this community is attempting to hold its own and grow against quite a few odds.

The prime minister's visit to J and K provided him with a unique opportunity to make a major breakthrough in the situation, but when he left the state there was hardly any improvement in terms of Indo-Pak relations or in winning over the people of Kashmir. The moderate faction of the Hurriyat and other separatist groups expressed disillusionment with the lack of a political package. Even the Rs 24,000 crore reconstruction plan created fresh controversies, including tensions over regional shares.

Relationships Krishna Raj nurtured an abiding intellectual relationship between the EPW and the researchers at RBI without compromising the journal

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Iqbal and Idea of Pakistan BALRAJ PURI Iqbal, one of the greatest influences on Muslim minds in the 20th century, remains an engimatic personality. One tends to miss his real personality amidst diverse and contradictory images that his admirers and detractors have projected. V N Datta mentions two versions of Iqbal (EPW, December 14, 2002). One projected in Pakistani historiography as the founding and spiritual father of Pakistan. The other projected by Indian writings as a champion of Hindu-Muslim solidarity and a unique symbol of India