India, Nov. 11 -- The long-pending verdict in the Ayodhya case is out. The Supreme Court has ordered the construction of a Ram temple on the disputed land and ruled that a five-acre plot must be found for building a mosque in Ayodhya for Muslims as an alternative to Babri Masjid. I have tried to record the anxieties and reflection of the Muslim youth.
Every article on Babri Masjid demolition starts by talking about the age of the writer on December 6, 1992, and the author's memories attached to the time of demolition. I was born in 1992 and was an 8-month-old at the time of demolition. For me, to imagine the fear and anxieties of Muslims who faced demolition of the Masjid in a democratic and secular country is impossible, but I wonder how ...