Army veteran, former Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor and brother of actor Naseeruddin Shah, Lt General Zameer Uddin Shah, speaks to Barkha Dutt in the 11th Episode of our podcast Inside Out With Barkha Dutt.

Shah speaks about why he met the RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, what the army taught him about secularism and the place of religion in public life and being Naseeruddin Shah's brother.


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Chapters

00:00 - 2:25 - INTRODUCTION

2:26 - 3:46 - Being one of the 200 cadets who was a Muslim

3:47 - 4:49 - Shares story from the Battle of Longewala

4:50 - 5:30 - How did Lt Gen respond to a troll asking him to go to Pakistan?

5:31 - 7:28 - How is faith and religion handled in the army?

7:29 - 12:04 - About his meeting with RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat

12:05 - 13:11 - Being called a traitor by the own community for meeting Mohan Bhagwat

13:12 - 14:09 - Should Muslim groups give up rights over Kashi and Mathura

14.10 - 16:01 - Is there a lack of effective leadership or representation in the Muslim community?

16:02 - 17:54 - What was his impression of Mohan Bhagwat after meeting him?

17:55 - 21:37 - Calling himself a "Sarkari Musalman"

21:38 - 22:46 - the time when he reached out to RSS unofficially for help as the Vice Chancellor of AMU

22:47 - 24:14 - How he always wanted to be a soldier

24:15 - 27:44 - Being best friends with his brother Naseeruddin Shah

27:45 - 30:56 - Why being a Vice-Chancellor of AMU was more difficult than being a military man?

30:57 - 33:45 - Denying girls access to one of the main libraries of the university.

33:46 - 35:18 - Meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi

35:19 - 36:39 - Speaks about PM's silence on Hate speeches

36:40 - 37:46 - Meeting PM Modi for the second time

37:47 - 39:16 - Politics around textbooks and history

39:17 - 42:58 - What are the challenges that the Muslim community is facing?

42:59 - 43:54 - Religious Orthodoxy in Muslim Community

43:55 - 45:04 - One lesson from the military that is valid for today's India / Explained his fist clinch metaphor

45:05 - 45:24 - What does being a Muslim mean to him?

45:25 - 46:38 - What does being a soldier mean to him?

46:39 - 46:53 - Credits

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