Table Of Contents: 1. The Problems and Prospects of Indian Democracy: An Evaluation of its working for Designing the Processes of Change for Peaceful Transformation 2. Dr Zakir Hussain: A Tribute 3. Minorities and the Indian Constitution 4. Parliamentary Privileges and the Supreme Court: Maintaining the Balance 5. Representation, Inclusion, and Governance: A Constitutional Perspective 6. Indian Muslims 7. Agenda for Urdu Education in the 21st Century India with Special Reference to Dr Zakir Hussain 8. Empowerment of Minorities 9. 1984, 1989, 2002: Three Narratives of Injustice, and the Lessons for Democracy 10. Muslims and Media Images: Where Things Went Wrong 11. Language Policy and Planning in Twenty-First Century India 12. Muslims in India, and Their Image in the Media 13. Untenability of Composite Culture in Contemporary India 14. Strategy for the Survival of Urdu in India through School Education 15. Strategies for the Survival of Formerly Dominant Languages—With Special Reference to Urdu in India 16. Urdu Language and Education in India 17. The Politics of Mass Cruelty and the Future of Indian Constitutionalism