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Tilak, ID Checks & Religious Tests: what’s happening at Garba events?

sabrangindia - September 23, 2025

As Navratri begins, joy meets judgment with Aadhaar checks, tilaks, and demands for Muslim entry bans, festival grounds are turning into sites of exclusion

Communal Organisations

Madhya Pradesh Muslim man lynched in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara over cattle transport; family alleges religious targeting & extortion plot

sabrangindia - September 23, 2025

Family alleges hate crime and extortion as Bhilwara police probe mob attack; victim leaves behind wife and two young children

Communalism

Banu Mushtaq Inaugurates Mysuru Dasara Amid Controversy: A triumph of secularism and Constitutional values

sabrangindia - September 22, 2025

International Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq’s participation in the 415th Mysuru Dasara celebrations sparks political debate, but Karnataka government, judiciary, and public uphold the festival’s inclusive, secular ethos

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Shubha case: Reformative Justice meets Gendered Realities

CJP Team - September 22, 2025

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Shubha reflects a shift towards reformative justice that considers the social and psychological pressures affecting women offenders; while upholding the woman’s conviction for murder, the Court directed that she should be allowed to apply for pardon

Communal Organisations

Sectarian nationalism and god men: Sri Sri Ravishankar attends the 75th Birthday of the RSS chief

Ram Puniyani - September 22, 2025

While objective conditions of distress lead large numbers of people into the arms of these god men, several hagiographical legitimise the phenomenon; few serious analytical studies on their links to power and the state are however available, material that would help de-construct their image.

India

Systemic flaws or deliberate sabotage? A probe into mass voter roll manipulation stall across Maharashtra & Karnataka

Aman Khan - September 22, 2025

A series of electoral irregularities in Tuljapur, Panvel, Uran (Maharashtra) and Aland (Karnataka), involving tens of thousands of duplicate and bogus voter applications, point towards a sophisticated, multi-state operation to manipulate electoral rolls, despite FIRs being filed and a High Court order being issued, investigations have been systematically stonewalled

Communalism

Delving into the hearts and minds of ‘killers’ who took the life of journalist-activist, Gauri Lankesh

sabrangindia - September 22, 2025

This third excerpt from the much acclaimed book by Rollo Romig, an American journalist (2024) who lived in Bengaluru (Bangalore) and knew Gauri Lankesh,...

Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Unending Violence: Caste atrocities haunt Uttar Pradesh’s Dalit communities

sabrangindia - September 20, 2025

In Mainpuri, a minor Dalit girl was gang-raped with a video going viral, in Prayagraj, a Dalit man died in police custody, a case on which the High Court has sought a response, and in Amroha, a youth was attacked with a sword for objecting to alcohol consumption outside his home

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