Farooquee's book explains reality of growing up as a young Muslim in India

A well-timed book underscores the realities of growing up as part of a religious minority in an increasingly polarised country

This book could turn out to be the base material for the next Hollywood movie on India. But unlike Slumdog Millionaire, An Ordinary Man’s Guide to Radicalism does not have a euphoric ending. That’s because the questions it raises are not just tough but different — the ones that can’t be answered in a multiple-choice format. There are no easy binaries — no bad Muslims, no good Hindus, or vice versa. There’s just a lot of everyday Indian reality about the growing communal divide in the country that forces one to introspect about why we focus more on our differences