AMBIGUITIES OF HERITAGE
by C. M. Naim (1999)

"Don't think you're so bloody smart if you weren't deceived by the mirage -- you simply weren't thirsty enough."
--'Urfi

*Introduction*

F I C T I O N S

"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well."
-- Rilke

(1) *The Outcasts*
(2) *A Christmas Tale, or Sheldon, Beware*
(3) *A Three-Page Fragment of an Autobiography*
(4) *A Story to Beg Forgiveness*
(5) *Just a Story*

P O L E M I C S

"When Hitler attacked the Jews I was not a Jew, therefore I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church and there was nobody left to be concerned."
--Pastor Martin Niemoeller, Congressional Record, 14 October 1968, p. 31636.

(6) *The Muslim Problem in India*
(7) *Being a Muslim in India: The Challenge and the Opportunity*
(8) *Rank and Status of Indian Muslims: A Different Perspective*
(9) *Two Days*
(10) *Urdu in the Pre-modern Period*
(11) *Urdu in India: Some Observations*
(12) *The Situation of the Urdu Writer: A Letter from Bara Banki*
(13) *Iqbal, Jinnah and Pakistan: The Vision and the Reality*
(14) *Muslim Press in India and the Bangladesh Crisis*
(15) *Minority Rights or Human Rights?*
(16) *The Second Tyranny of Religious Majorities*
(17) *On The Satanic Verses*
(18) *On Taslima Nasreen*
(19) *On Becoming an American*
(20) *Exile, Displacement, Hijrat -- What's in a Name!*
(21) *Ambiguities of Heritage*
(22) *Some Thoughts on Christian-Muslim Dialogues*
(23) *The Outrage of Bernard Lewis*

A P P E N D I C E S

(i) *The Status and Role of Indian Muslims* by Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi
(ii) *Reform and Social Context* by Asghar Ali Engineer

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