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EPISODE · Feb 25, 2026 · 41 MIN

What it Means to be Muslim in Modi's India, ft. Sharjeel Usmani

from Beyond the Taj: The Story of India's Minorities

The sheer amount of hate speech, violent attacks, and systemic abuses that inundate Muslims in India is suffocating. What, then, is it like to grow up in the climate of hate cultivated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu supremacist supporters? Activist Sharjeel Usmani joins us for a heartbreaking and harrowing exploration of life as a Muslim in Modi's India.

The sheer amount of hate speech, violent attacks, and systemic abuses that inundate Muslims in India is suffocating. What, then, is it like to grow up in the climate of hate cultivated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu supremacist supporters? Activist Sharjeel Usmani joins us for a heartbreaking and harrowing exploration of life as a Muslim in Modi's India.

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The sheer amount of hate speech, violent attacks, and systemic abuses that inundate Muslims in India is suffocating. What, then, is it like to grow up in the climate of hate cultivated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu supremacist...

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