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Babur

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I choose to write this, only because everyone's talking about it these days. As a history enthusiast it is my humble attempt to write what I feel really happened and objectively to see what is right. Let us suppose, someone drives you away from home. They occupy your house illegally . After some time, let us for the sake of ease assume 15-20 years, your son, tries to get back the land. But his brothers and sisters, brand him communal! Yes communal! They call him a religious bigot and a fundamentalist. They turn a blind eye to the fact that his house has been illegally occupied. Does all this sound like non-sense. How can this happen in today's world you say? Well, welcome to the largest "democracy" in the world. Welcome to Pseudo Secular India! "You are communal! You are a hard liner! You are anti-minority!" I get this from all my pseudo secular friends. It does not matter that I reverently bow at Sufi Shrines. It does not matter to them that I can quot...