Village Kardarpur Masti (district Moradabad).
East of Moradabad town, the national highway gives way to narrow winding tracks. As the path plunges into the deep interiors of western Uttar Pradesh, a sudden quiet descends. The urban clamour recedes and a deep country peace begins, enveloping acres of open fields. Shaded mango orchards rustle gently next to crops of wheat and sugar cane. Located far into these meadows of luminous green and gold, nestles the village of Kardarpur Masti. The village is a jewel of secular, plural India, a reminder of India’s long tradition of Hindu Muslim co-existence.
In Kardarpur Masti, a huge peepul tree shelters a Shiva mandir and a masjid side by side. Mandir and masjid have co-existed here for 300 Read More
