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...Meenakshi Iyer was heading home to her husband when a Hindu gang boarded her bus, baying for Muslim blood. As a Hindu, Iyer was safe. But she knew the man beside her, Raja Chowdhury, would be killed if they discovered he was a Muslim. "I'm Mrs. Iyer," she told the mob, "and this is Mr. Iyer, my husband," she lied, introducing Chowdhury. And that was it. The gang moved on, questioning other passengers, forcing men they doubted to prove they weren't circumcised...
...variety in a world too vulnerable to humanity's penchant for standardization. She counsels us to be more humble in the care of our environment. "You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder," she says. "It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you." --By Meenakshi Ganguly/New Delhi
Pravin Togadiya is general secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Hindu movement blamed for the upsurge in religious bloodletting in India. Last week in New Delhi he spoke with TIME's Meenakshi Ganguly...
...Reported by Hannah Bloch/Islamabad, Massimo Calabresi, Matthew Cooper and John F. Dickerson/ Washington, Meenakshi Ganguly/New Delhi and Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles
...With reporting by Meenakshi Ganguly/New Delhi