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India’s ‘political iftars’ once stopped riots. Are they corrupt stunts now?

Published on: Friday 21 March 2025

New Delhi, India – It was the month of Ramadan in 1974, and the northern city of Lucknow, a hub of India’s Shia community, was on the boil. Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, a stalwart of India’s then-ruling ...