Born a Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in IndiaAuthor: Ghazala WahabPublisher: AlephPrice: Rs 999Pages: 399 The capacious and comprehensive Born a Muslim by journalist and writer Ghazala Wahab was born out of a massively ambitious aim. To quote from the book, she “wanted to represent the case of Muslims to those who wonder about them”, a necessity in the India of today, which is polarised to a deadly extent. Most Indians, though educated, conceive of Muslims in either of two ways: One, according to the poisonous, murderous canards floated by the Sangh Parivar, or, to a lesser extent, two, the sterile propaganda by successive Congress-led governments that created two-dimensional fantasy versions of Muslims that were adequately lightweight for poorly drawn wall murals in government schools. These both are not the same, as crimes go, but either version obscures the truth and prevents inter-religious dialogue based