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The Waqf Files: Hidden Stories of India's Largest Landowner

The Waqf Files: Hidden Stories of India's Largest Landowner


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"The Waqf Files: Hidden Stories of India's Largest Landowner" is a groundbreaking work that uncovers the intricate world of Waqf, India's largest landholding institution. Through rigorous research and compelling storytelling, the book reveals the historical, legal, and socio-economic dimensions of Waqf, offering a rare glimpse into its vast influence on Indian society. The book traces the origins of Waqf and its evolution into one of India's most significant landholding entities, with millions of acres under its control. Waqf properties include mosques, dargahs, schools, hospitals, and commercial real estate. The authors dissect its governance structure, highlighting strengths such as community welfare initiatives and weaknesses including mismanagement and allegations of corruption. The authors explore Waqf's role in shaping India's socio-economic landscape, demonstrating how Waqf properties have supported education, healthcare, and poverty alleviation. However, they also critically examine cases of mismanagement, neglect, and exploitation. The book addresses controversies surrounding Waqf, including legal ambiguities, transparency issues, political interference, and encroachment. The authors provide well-documented examples to illustrate these challenges and offer constructive recommendations for reform, emphasizing digitization, transparency, legal reforms, community participation, and accountability mechanisms. The book situates Waqf within larger debates on governance, secularism, and minority rights in India, questioning how religious endowments should be regulated in a pluralistic democracy. "The Waqf Files" is a crucial resource for policymakers, legal experts, historians, sociologists, activists, and journalists. By demystifying Waqf, the authors have opened a vital conversation about governance, accountability, and equitable development in India. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand one of India's most powerful yet least scrutinized institutions-and how its reform could reshape the nation's future. Key aspects of the book include: Unraveling the Waqf system: history, governance, and landholdings Waqf's socio-economic and cultural impact Challenges and controversies surrounding Waqf Reforming Waqf: a path forward Broader implications: governance, justice, and pluralism Overall, "The Waqf Files" is a masterful blend of investigative journalism, historical scholarship, and policy analysis that sheds light on a critical aspect of India's institutional landscape.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798284486924
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 830
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Hidden Stories of India's Largest Landowner
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 828448692X
  • Publisher Date: 19 May 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 42 mm
  • Weight: 1137 gr


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