Brianna Sacks

Marginalized Indian Muslims Ambivalent At Election Time

Largely left behind by India’s development wave, Mumbai’s Muslims say they’re not sure any political party can help them though they represent nearly 14 percent of the electorate.

Brianna Sacks
بواسطة Brianna Sacks
A Kashmiri woman watches Martyrs' Day ceremony from the window of her house in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, July 13, 2017. July 13 is observed as Martyrs' Day in memory of the day when the region s Hindu king ordered more than 20 Kashmiri Muslims executed in a bid to put down an uprising in 1931. (AP/Mukhtar Khan)

MUMBAI — The humid Tuesday evening wanes as Akeel Shaikh, 19, spews a blend of Hindi and Urdu commands into his cell phone, rounding up members of his Muslim political group from the narrow booth of a Mumbai bakery and milk bar. One after the other, 20 young Muslim men begin to appear on the darkening sidewalk. The teenagers and

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