Says is the aftermath sounded it was strikes in the area full of which the who these claim will retaliate to at this hour the quality released the statement saying there was a possibility of what it calls Collateral Damage to civilians this show you that the us and our forces has been able after they have shut down. Several of the. American drones over the skies of yemen in the last 15 months now it seems to me that they are able to slow down despite that get on they can say that if they start at this stage this means that we are going to end that a new stage of the war the who these claimed the plane was downed with then missile some another say that if thats true it would be a very Significant Development in yemens long running war this is a big deal knowing that already their partners the iraqis you know have for all practical purposes withdrawn left and now the saudis are there and incapable of finishing the war and settling cable of winning the war and now perhaps with this game changer beginning to lose the war. More than 9001000 people have been killed and another 3000000 displaced by the fighting millions more have been brutes to the brain to famine stricken home agreement of 20000 raised troops for peaceful settlement suppose there is been news sign of that. If its confirmed now these have new weapon in there that could change the direction. Whatever happens its billions whos in the middle who continue to pay the price. And so on are. Qatars foreign minister says efforts to end the almost 3 year long blockade of failed but qataris remain open to any effort to resolve the dispute saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates bahrain and egypt are refusing to restore political trade and transport links i think now its been almost 3 years since the crisis started we were not the perpetrator of for fear of the crisis and weve been very open and very clear that we are open to any genuine intention to solve this problem and we have been we demonstrated this in fact when there was an opening. Here in november and of last year. And unfortunately these efforts didnt succeed and spears suspended at the beginning of january but would remain at the same position that we are of the. Head of the World Health Organization has warned countries against complacency of a corona virus which has now killed more than 600 people more than 69000 and now infected most are in china on saturday the virus claimed its 1st victim outside asia an elderly chinese tourist in france south sudans president says hes agreed to a painful compromise and ending the deadline to form a unity government south of here is cutting the number of states and thats a major demand of the opposition to formally end the civil war here and rival rick mashad have a week left to agree on a joint government. And u. S. Democrats are starting to cast early votes in nevada as president ial caucuses the still crowded field of contenders has been campaigning in las vegas ahead of the nominating contest next weekend after the chaos of the iowa caucus results pressures on the battle to do better its also the 1st test of candidates appeal in a state with a more diverse population well those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after in search of indias sole station thats a watching by fidel. Or order. Or form. My name is arthur stasi or im a writer and a columnist. In this the 2nd of 2 films im traveling through india the country i grew up in. I want to see for myself the changes taking place amid a rising tide of him look for a hindu 1st politics these ideas which place hindus above people of other faiths stem from the very top leadership in this land of 1300000000 people. I started my journey in the holy city of our and i see in northern india. This is a deeply religious country in the middle of a battle for her soul and it is no surprise that it was this place of the hindu nationalist leader in the ranger mode he chose this election battleground republic sing its powerful symbolism in a new time. Behind this image of a religiously diverse nation india faces a new main crisis. Minorities including 200000000. 00 muslims fear an underlying current of violence more brutality and death at the hands of hindu linus the hardliners claim injustices against him whos from muslim rule and sentries past justifies their drive to return india to a golden age as they see it and a nation where hindus come 1st hindu is making up to get back the birthplace is of his ancestors and these films ive been asking whether these ideas come from. Following independence in 1947 which was closely intertwined with the bloody episode of partition some people had thought that the politics of division was finally a thing of the past in the newly created secular state of india all would be equal before the law but here the word secular would come to have a particularly indian meaning. Secular in india merely meant a the existence of a profusion of religions all of which were allowed and encouraged by the state to flourish. But over the past few decades a series of events occurred that threaten the very fabric of indias secular identity it set that then tiny b. G. P. Political party on course to become the ruling power they are today on the 6th of december 1902 a crowd of 850000 militants supporters of the pro hindu r. S. S. Descended on the barbary mosque in the northern town of a on the reputed birthplace of the hindu god rom i was standing next to the mosque when this crowd started increasing the gate broke down and the huge rush of people inside beyond the control of the of it i shouted down was a Young Journalist and a key witness to the events that were to unfold. What this started doing was breaking the barricade that was thematic getting all around and with the fury that could be even that was visible they walked in within. Half an hour you saw dozens of people at the mosque. With its pro hindu agenda the r. S. S. Had long been agitating to destroy the 16th century mosque built by the mogul ruler barber and reclaimed the sacred ground for him booze for them the existence of the mosque was a long standing move when you saw this thing come down what did you see what i thought about the the social and political back i said well there now this is a divide that theyve created in the country they are taking us back to 147 when india was divided. In the riots that followed between muslims and hindus some 2000 people were killed for Indian Muslims these events meant much more than just the loss of a defunct building. Businesses and i. Dentity it was not the mosque was not it was not the mosque that was important for the of that identity so do you feel that that the new politics had been born absolutely feel like a new politics of division of division began. This was a division that would change the face of indian politics one that pushed many among the 80 percent hindu majority to support the b j p at that time a relatively obscure political party. Truly astonishing to hear sherrod story because it makes so clear how the stage was set for this Political Drama to play out in which a defunct mosque became the vessel of religious passions. This hindu reawakening was underlined by a long running t. V. Adaptation of the hindu epic the raw milan for us record numbers of indians who are grouped by the series that chronicled the life of lord rum and tapped into a deep sense of pride and nostalgia among him. Its really amazing for me to see because i grew up on the t. V. Serial its the ra milan and it was played to india in the eightys to great passion and large audiences and now and it has a kind of an edge to it because we have large audiences again were in a stone quarry where the stones are being prepared for a future ram temple where the mosque had been demolished. For 28 years lawyers forth over the rights and wrongs of building a temple to lord ram on the site of the barbary mosque in the meantime the stones for the new temple because with the confidence that the situation in favor of building the long awaited temple would surely come. All this was our political tell way of i dont know much how to get by but our thoughts are well mighty monday at the door mom. America much more than monarchy at our place or value only because if we didnt in the net we do get to look good we think of the universe that. Is new sneaking up here who is making up to get back to our birthplaces of his ancestors. Get me into can go and make use temples in jerusalem no can i go room and build exam temple or hindu temple there no can i go to maka and build a temple there no i will not be allowed. Why we are considered different when the case of your dad comes. It is the but face of arda. What were seeing is the construction of partitions in the hearts and minds of millions of people across the country i think youre hurtling in a direction which is potentially catastrophic. Same truth to the idea of india that the leadership of the represented was that india would be a country where people dont matter which god you worship or if you were shipped. What language you would be in if you be an equal citizen that was elected the same true cornerstone of. The stood for many of us believe that the issue was resolved for ever but it was not the bridge of it have succeeded in uniting. All communities into believing that theres a common enemy which is the muslim world the also has the backing of the largest Civil Society organization in the world. Which is which is the which is deeply committed to the ideology of indiscipline this is. The campaign to get back the sides of the barbary mosque for the hindus had been running for years. But the act that made it possible came from a completely unexpected event one that played into a negative narrative about muslims and secularism promoted by the r. S. S. In 96 and otherwise obscure family dispute involving a muslim couple that became known as the shah bano case reached the Supreme Court in delhi. The has been claimed he divorced his wife islamic lee by saying they were to lock on 3 occasions. Are if mom of one was a cabinet minister at the time a lot just repeated grace and its all over and now we have cause for the court absolutely divorcing you had not divorce her on the day you had devoted. Under him to secular law the court refused to recognize the triple telarc islamic divorce he was ordered to pay his wife maintenance Congress Party pm and member of the narrow gandhi did misty rajiv gandhi initially supported the judgment his 1st instinct was the right one which was to back the Supreme Court decision that granted this poor old lady alimony and to encourage his cabinet minutes out of moment come you spoken to to sister in parliament and to say so with some courage in laymens. The personal low board which represented muslims claim the award was against islamic law angry clerics demonstrated outside parliament the stand of the parcel of board was that these judgement is against islam this is interference in the slum called their 44th day rajiv gandhi buckled under the protest of conservative clerics he went back on his decision and passed a bill that reversed the Supreme Court ruling the case would now be judged under muslim personal law in tightening the wife just 3 months maintenance seeing this is an assault on womens rights progressive muslims and many hindus were appalled company came under attack from both sides. Rajiv gandhi did the worst mistake of his life by extending to these conservative elements and overturning the Supreme Court judgement and taking away her date to maintenance indian politics took a turn from that family davies and was dead the language which was the spoke threatening language our excited by limited meeting of the parts of a low board open call was given to brag but the leads of all those m. P. s who defied reports and if it is which was. Again and again repeatedly how Supreme Court. Will smash the Supreme Court may just pieces. There was a discourse about appeasement to muslims the idea that people are going to work for muslims. Many hindus were angered at what they saw as the state caving in to muslim demands. For years the pro hindu r. S. S. Had agitated to access to the barbary mosque in new york here to placate them rajiv gandhi ordered the site to be open for him to prat. A decision that has had deadly consequences ever since. On february 27th 2002 a train was set alight just outside go dressed ation in the Western State of gujarat. 58 hindu pilgrims were burnt to death theyd been returning home from the babri mosque in new york here. There was an outcry and mobs of hindu hardliners took to the streets. Danica start up again as hard as get their window but the ever heard of the idea her or him door go clear join john pull her to her instead of handing the dead to their families the bodies were transported nearly 200 kilometers to the town of under about to be paraded through the streets you can tell yourself alan lobo act on the just because a lot out there are just for gases and nature kendall btselem i dont get a lot out what role then. Got done many other how do you know my knowledge is going up or to me to tell you any flick just that he got his dish conditioned and i. Know. The reading 58 char corpses through the streets was always likely to provoke further violence. Permission for the reportedly came from the then chief minister of. The ring through modi himself. In the ensuing riots over a 1000 were killed 3 quarters of them muslims. In 1902 when the mosque was demolished india changed for they were. The issue of the charbonneau. Be emotive and important. The riots in. The sequence of events. That charted the path and lead the foundation for the ease of hindu supremacist politics and it led to the emergence of this leader in the mood. For long hours the good dr state authorities stood by as rioting took place prompting allegations of state complicity. Saying forget i was a young Police Constable his unit was kept in active as people were massacred in the run up by p. M. S. Police or they can also has a thing public the cigar was your body of. One point hard tanita well generally that or a matter of degree but that because you get out there that. No. But. We will. Soon margaret will just 10 years old when the attacks took place. The family. Needed the money. But they didnt know was that theyd want to try. Again good idea if you dont. Be a nobody. But you know im like. You know were not. Even. Sure he she was at home with her husband and 3 small true. He couldnt finish the initials are said by heart of the modernity but the town itself a good one he said. Angle but time to get them in but to have a new find a way of getting to tell all the good that i. Didnt know bustling 10 minute but show with a. Photo of us how many times. Advice would be needed and now so were going to maybe go away. For a legit complicity in allowing the mob violence and killings to go unchecked during their body was barred from visiting the us a ban that lasted for 10 years. India is top court has ruled that a disputed religious site be given to hindus for the construction of a temple and do hard liners destroyed a 16th century mosque in 1902 sparkle riots that killed at least 2000 people. I find myself wondering how far do these events i loved about on this journey represent an attempt at a historical record are we witnessing a weakening of the secular character of modern and do that set of rules on which the newly founded country was established. Can. Invent in there without taking into account tragedies of more than those how much weve tried to sanitize i dont think the people in the muslims of today should be blamed for what i have to do if i received their list particularly trying. To see that it didnt happen gets peoples backs its that evil securitisation its the reactions. This. All by pretending that it was all a happy family only long it wasnt because of a troubled history. If the muslim were to accept that yes we are muslims and we shall remain muslim but our ancestors the same as yours i would say 99 percent of the problems with the muslims of you because of the way they are portrayed is the descendants of the murders of the looters and butchers and rapists the making common cause with people who broke the law on temple the christian or temple the kashi vision of 40000 other temples but its true that they are converted. I think where was a full force here for 2 months a backlash you might call it and the need for a strong leader combined with the need to assert what they thought was the hindu identity and by implication the best latent. People are coming back to the word the people are thinking to come back to be a who they are feeling that. Right the connect that with their roots and their roots does not lie in. Identity is connected with. Whether i have converted to islam my true identity was before the islam we are not proud of identify oneself with baba they were they made us. The hindu for our view of the past might sound great if you happen to be a hindu but where does this leave the non hindus naseer room became acutely aware of the challenges facing her muslim daughter growing up in increasingly pro hindu surroundings shes written a book about saad says i kept waiting for my teacher to react in school the class me. I was silent i didnt respond and i just kept sitting there i didnt really know what to do. What is it like now to grow up as a muslim child in india take you through one story in your book the boys called house and they they come and call him to go to this Birthday Party and then a few minutes later he comes back home the boy refused to let him maintain his house and said that he cannot share the cake with you you cannot eat together. My parents dont want you at my house and the mother said i did. Was your experience growing up in india what when you say look at yourself in context of these stories what was it like for you i grew up in a different india i think it was also because of the larger narrative i doubt if we can even see the same country and. You know all we had that one National Television channel to the ocean which would have this little girl who would sing. How there are so many different kinds of birds but and we had all those different kinds of birds but were all birds together. Good the beauty of being told that you are one or you know people of different identities a little thing that one song together in different languages also but theyre singing that one song together even if we are one bottom. What are the things you can do to protect her from this environment i thought to her about india the map and show our neighbors our you know your china you have put down here you have. Bungled the issue you have pakistan and sri lanka so i tell albany bers and then i say what if somebody called you chinese you laugh and say right im an indian im going to chinese what is somebody cause you a bangladeshi youll laugh and say they did not have a lot of somebody called supermarkets done youll laugh and say another. Thing kind of made it down to him and you could ruin any of the so because of course the assumption being that the dutch away the prejudice would play out the growth pakistani or go to pakistan because that is what is happening on an everyday basis we need leaders to make sure that no child grows up with hatred nor child grows up with fear this is not about muslim kids this is about every child out there because im sure as a parent youll be varied if a child to be grows up. Challen i think so much of p. J. Talk to aljazeera. We talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they are the endemic corruption and we listen so if we really put place china as an enemy of the west and thats really that we meet with global news makers about the stories that matter just 0. Hello im down join in doha with the top stories here on aljazeera a series of air strikes in northern yemen has killed at least 31 civilians the u. N. Humanitarian chief of yemen says the attacks by the saudi u. A. E. Coalition a shocking strikes happened after who the rebels said they shot down a saudi was playing catch as foreign minister says recent efforts to end the blockade against the country have not succeeded i have been on the rocks when i was told a security conference in munich efforts to resolve the dispute suspended at the start of january saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt cut all political trade and transport ties with qatar in 2017. I think now its been almost 3 years since the crisis started we were not the perpetrator of for fear of that crisis and weve been very open and very clear that we are open to any genuine intention to solve this problem and we have been we demonstrated this in fact when there was an opening. Here and november and of last year. And unfortunately these efforts didnt succeed and spears suspended at the beginning of january but would remain at the same position that we are often. The head of the World Health Organization has warmed countries against complacency over corona virus which has now killed more than 1600 people more than 69000 and now infected on saturday the virus claimed its 1st victim outside asia with an elderly chinese tourist died in france its impossible to predict which direction this epidemic will take we are concerned about the levels of rumor and misinformation that hampering their response we are concerned by the continued increase in the number of cases in china we are concerned by reports from china yesterday both the number of those workers who have been infected or. The u. S. Defense secretary has called china the biggest threat to the global order market accuse the Chinese Government of seeking advantage across the world by any means and at any cost and here again to other countries to stay away from chinese tech giant away a demand thats been rebuffed by european allies well those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera in half an hour but now its back to in search of india so stay tuned thats what. The hindu fear has been a problem. It is the only major in the world which actually legitimized inequality in cost to. Be among the lower castes doll its also known as untouchables sit at the very bottom of the hindu hierarchy. They perform the lowliest tasks such as manually cleaning sewers often with no protective clothing or breathing apparatus. With a reporter the 11 deaths per month this ranks among the worlds most dangerous what. People say right or is a valid im a lawyer hes taking us to meet some members of the community some of whom he represents. Underpaying lizard load his own course but still it when the big one come back again its a name. I like they call it a god i like or stuff like i think of stuff i think of they all mean little theyre those out of the lottery color benvar galas family or cleaners her husband was poisoned in a sewer 4 years ago 2 of her 3 sons now do the same work lets face it stream prejudice every day of their lives who are innocent by living in one of the it all went down and at the end of the tank up by new glass house myself which i and other a level other. Yes i do when you. Consider what i and i didnt go by george said he despite protections under the constitution dullards. Untouchables are treated as outcasts how to make their neighborhood not a tie. They can afford or not but what he would. Many delegates and other low cost him whose have escaped their predicament by converting to other faiths such as islam or christianity the b. G. P. Control state about to predation has prepared an anti conversion law under which religious conversion would require permission from a state official human Rights Groups say the law is aimed at keeping delegates in their place but weve discovered a twist to this theme. One away to a village where an r. S. S. Work has converted a bunch of Indian Muslims back to him do it by a process called curve ups which literally means homecoming. Truelove a mans father was a hindu who converted to islam. A generation on he and several family members have converted back to hindu is im wondering if the. Reason im near ghar kii not love the film only you dont know my line of the thing will not be how will you because im going to think. The small print in indias anti conversion laws forbids enticements or intimidation to convert its a certificate that law of mohammad is now named she law and none hes now being brought into the hindu falls and it says without any pressure. Without any influence. But i. Got the. P. C. Got on a bus. To. Get out and got to. Move when the going to. Get out. Not. With me. But. If it. Was. Going to be. On the go to moscow. Jovian i come from to the last chandra the local r. Assist leader who performed last conversion ceremony abi how to get there her head or. Do you think you can was born this is when we bought nothingness was 42 years ago if so much of the bomb in the were not out there and you know that you know whos in lucky you know peace and the only one you can all ok are missing mom who have gone there who are. Through the wood about henna and the president a little jealous of the new young. Girl we never get out were used to. Because you have becky you see in the front we. Cannot go up an economic war top in. The u. K. To take is rooted in that art market bottom about get it here and it must was knee high sad me which is our new swim muscles gotta be seeking muscles got on its muscles and i will get sick as a woman what you get in the not so good girl yet think it will do me in good now most people get you muslims im really nice ive got their family gives out a car got it in given me your money but thats the come in tonight out there are going to argue about that in the in the one thats out the op in. One of the other groups a good idea. You about here to india keep most of them on here with some belly in good times you suck the heck you are still making do to. Take you made out of market guns had better have seen our. Economy. Operates under dont legally or. Only chain yank some magic shoes on the stump in the. Well that was such a heated discussion and one of the things that made it so tense was that the r. S. S. Man was really worried about coercion and especially in relation to the evangelical faiths and yet when we spoke to the guy who he had converted to hinduism one could not help but feel that thered been a considerable amount of social pressure on him and that that had been a kind of causation. Whatever the truth behind. Or homecoming to the hindu for its from within the lower castes that most conversions out of hinduism in recent years have taken place. In. But along with islam its another ancient religious group that faces the consequences of Rising Hindutva politics there are 28000000. 00 christians in india the 2000 Year Old Community stretching back to the earliest days of the faith but still seen by the most hardline hindus as an outsider religion the 2 can do is a way from their original faith. In 2008 in the state of eastern India Several 1000 christians came under attack. 400 religious. Or posed of all christians 60000. 00 christians fled to the forest to save themselves. 6000 glass houses more than 300 in critical to restore the crown schools colleges hospitals clinics everything put on 100 People Killed nuns raped. Case is still going on 10 years later. And we expect fred justice depending on facts. You know depending on who is the majority. The radicalization of the structures of state the police that mistreat the junior magistracies the teachers the village Self Government mechanisms. All of them actually believe this is the land of the hindus and everybody else if they want to live via must live here as 2nd rate citizens nobody can feel safe unless theres in the shoulders of the muslim isee. The isolation of minorities risks becoming institutionalized in schools would socalled suffer nies ation the favoring of hindu ism over other traditions and school textbooks. Where to stay single drop 10th grade students have been studying a new hindu focused curriculum. It writes out much of their countrys known hindu past. And armies and need an attempt to move to sustain they are only just now going to fight and he believes in my mrs and tell me that i wouldnt like to lie at bibi hydroplane i never been bad but a tele. Is a word my lad is a person of me fairly good india will get up memories from it was a common early. Delegate. To let this ability to be placed on a linear part of this the palace has gotten a lot of missile equals here. At open it up to so died of being. Allowed to go out. And i mean yeah but every day on my way you go. To give order to 50 looking look at the galaxy summit now in the u. K. How. Did it want to make you go back to life about to be. Mobile has to be a man have picked up and tell him. What todays 10th graders may not get to learn about is the wealth of learning and cultural blending that accompanied muslim rule in india modeled in the study or may have been harsh and puritanical but other moguls brought a culture of openness and learning the targum hell is the supreme expression of this. It was built by the mogul ruler sharjah ha as a muslim for his beloved wife 1000 how he preached equality among hindus and muslims and he celebrated hindu festivals a tradition established by his grandfather acquire under him india enjoyed a religiously and culturally diverse existence schools for both muslims and hindus were established policies that own the loyalty and respect of hindus a blending of culture and religion in my socalled syncretism and an essential part of indian life today i mean for people sikri built by arc for which he made his capital success came through acknowledging the multiple cultures within india. Heres thing quite isnt isnt trying the architecture the column the divan a house in the hole welker would hold court assimilates motifs from hindu islam christianity buddhism islam and zorro astronauts. So the pillar itself kind of stands as a testament to this mixing of faiths and this is from a man who brought brahmins near him and pundits near him to learn from them he drank the water of the gunk he had a deep root god for hindu faith and custom and belief and and i think is aim was to find in this land of many religions where he was ruling as a Muslim Emperor to find a way in which people could go forward it wouldnt be secularism as we know its not in the modern european sense but it was clearly driven by a secular ideal. Im about to see something quite extraordinary but which at the same time is peculiarly india. Where the hindu temple that was partially destroyed and turned into a mosque by oren say look at that like literally the column whats interesting here is that part of this mosque complex remains a place of worship for hindus and yeah the ultimately. Its being kind of prepared in our prayers in the evening and its in the face of. You cast your eye or are you see very very typical muslim arches and then you see what is really like the pillars of a hindu temple but in the middle of that is the kepler which is the direction of prayer so both face are represented both forms of worship are occurring side by side and this to me is historical resolution. Siriano. Anderson february march you there was 100 people who were going to give it. A child like take it dont make sense you know. You dont know marshall the. Dont know. What i think good man and that i love no need to you know why isnt he is with me is upset but again i want to know their views on the mosque and hindus most important to the cause which owns theyve also destroyed to build a mosque just gan might be machines could be there to pick up the cat i have ever done moran going number limited on the cajon number kashima caution wish not. To be sure shasta can drive. In monday dont go toward the up not to cart but just. Hum mondays by not measured by the necklace tejada. Good choice now but i got the good the disc and watch funny. The chick get in. June and must. Protect her. Very very interesting you know hes saying whatever happened was not a good thing it was not a good thing that happened and he says for me it was a symbol of slavery because it was built by a brother who was who and saved us lickin our good beach macwhich of our lardner. Our new government turned it up under. The rug up we made up the harder it could not really crap not quittin do i know when we shall manage. So i was really struck by the similarity between the scene by the affection by the woman and i was left with the strange question because when they got talking about history when they got talking about temples destroyed what was to be rebuilt was to be left there were really it were reconcilable differences between them and yet there was the civility in the suspect sion and it left me feeling i thought what is this everything is that ability to get on really what counts or do people have to resolve their differences down to their very being easy if thats even possible. On the eve of indias Independence Day im returning to delhi. Im starting the day at the johnnie amelia a Muslim College with celebrations already in full swing. Oh. Man. Do you mean you would need. A. Flimsy. If. Theres no doubting the commitment to these Muslim Students i was impressed by the scaffold display of unity it was on this day 72 years ago that india gained independence from britain along with the events that led to partition. At that time it became clear that indias muslims those who chose to remain would be as much part of this nation as the hindus when i arrived in this country i expected to find a place dramatically different from the one i grew up in said i was pleasantly surprised to find how intact indian life still is how integrated how assimilate. And yet i cannot deny that i felt a sense of foreboding among indias 170000000 muslims a deep feeling of disenfranchisement this is a country in the grip of a historical reckoning the indian past with all its pain and complexity is being realistic it how it negotiates this passage will not merely affect indias muslims but the moral and Spiritual Health of the nation as a whole. It was time for me to return to my home in new york. I left india feeling encouraged and hopeful for the future of the country im so proud to have grown up in and call my own. But in new york a knock. The shock awaited me a letter from indias ministry of home affairs and what that threatening to do is to revoke my overseas indian citizenship which allows me to live and work in india the grounds that theyre saying that the grounds that theyre using to revoke this is that apparently ive concealed the pakistani origin of my father and its a very worrying letter because if it goes through i may not be able to return to india and theyve i meant i have 21. 00 days to respond but i have barely 24 hours to respond to this letter. Ive recently written this article critical in or interim order here in the b j p then attacked me wrongly calling me a muslim and a pakistani with no right to interfere with Indian Affairs with attacks such as this on critical journalists im as worried for my country as i am for the impact of this on myself and my family in india. My lawyer feels that theres something malicious in what the government has done theyre accusing me of concealing the fact that my father was pakistani which is kind of absurd because ive written books and articles for over a decade about my fathers pakistani origin and about the fact that i was always a strange from him and grew up with my mother in india i cant help but feel that the reason is this Time Magazine article more than 250 prominent writers have petitioned the Indian Government on my behalf i was grateful and more than touched by their support the Booker Prize Winning indian novelist kiran this i was one of them. I thought it would dishonor my parents not to speak up talking about the india i grew up in i am afraid because i know all the minorities in india are very afraid. And when you have a country. That does not honor its minorities then its time to be very afraid the press is under threat in india we have had many cases of books being banned in india and of writers being silenced but i think the situation is growing more acute were talking of murder of silencing writers by murdering them by banning them books silencing the press and with you of course they came up with a technicality every new victim becomes a symbol of this oppression there were plenty of people who would have loved to sign and were really far too scared to sign is so much fear even among indians here that they will be severe repercussions on their speaking up and that they will be targeted. One by one. With a heavy heart i have to surrender my overseas indian citizenship today. Well ive come out one document less and this is a kind of weird goodbye to feels very hard for me because this is a country ive grown up in ive lived in all my life and suddenly i dont really have the right to go there anymore and i basically feel bereft of my mother my grandmother my country and and the place where i grew up. The bridge appears just past that socalled citizenship Amendment Bill for the 1st time in Indian History it establishes a test of religion for becoming indian earlier on in this film i had asked myself are we witnessing a weakening of indias secular character. The answer to my question seems frightening the to be yes im reminded of something the veteran politician are of muhammad concert about part of the in the name for india. Indian tradition says this whole continent between the sea and the hymn alya this is part of and all of those who leave the children of the. Deep but still believe does not matter the gender doesnt matter the place of residence does not but nothing met i who are children of a child of violet i am i am i a child as you are on a child and if someone was to say to me im not what do i say to him if someone is going to say someone was too easy someone is going to tell me that im not for some of my father led to. A unique yet endangered biodiversity lies in the heart of one of those tropical jungles there was a lot of misinformation about the animals have a half year and now the probability is becoming by so their self conservation their communities aljazeera journeys deep into the rain forest to follow a scientist im tired teams are fighting to save the flora and fauna so precious in the region women make science ecuadors Hidden Treasure on aljazeera. Welcome back well stop by looking at weather conditions across the Arabian Peninsula and heres a large we find pictures most of the cloud is further towards the north and this area of low pressure has been given some pretty nasty weather across eastern parts of syria weve had snow weve had freezing rain still a risk of snow across these areas but thats also going to move into iran and iraq over the next 24 hours here in doha weve lost the wind which is blowing down through the gulf a couple days previous it was really quite cold here but looking at sundays forecast 23 degrees with light winds it should be a very pleasant day indeed heading into monday you can see the area of snow really developing across northern parts of iran once again baghdad to also see the risk of snow that should clear later on and then coming south was fine conditions from mecca with a high of 32 degrees thats head on into central parts of africa here you can see this circulation moving in towards parts of kenya and tanzania it should weaken it does so but for coastal parts of town could be quite wet at times heavy showers elsewhere much as youd expect well look at the also looking quite wet across parts of the angola and thats expected to continue as we head on through into monday for the south its a largely fine picture for southern parts of africa highs of 27. 00 in capetown. 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