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Maharashtra tops states in anti-Muslim hate speech, 80 % of hate in BJP ruled states: Hindutva Watch

A disturbingly high level of incidents all over the country but most especially in BJP-ruled states make lives of Indian minorities both fragile and vulnerable

Understanding the nuances of the Goa ‘conversion’ and persecution debate

From colonisation, persecution, forced conversion, and the Inquisition, this article from a chapter in a forthcoming book by the authors explores the dynamics of Goa’s early colonial population dispersion  

India ‘lacks’ evidence of contraception use, has one of highest adolescent pregnancies

The international community has been celebrating World Contraception Day on September 26 every year for the past 15 years. On this day, a number...

Food Price Spike: How Farmers’ Protest Saved the Country

If the infamous three laws hadn’t been withdrawn, procurement would have been privatised and the government would have had no means of combating inflation.

Far right, Hindutva ideology sparks concerns: tridents and pledges deepen communal divides in India’s Heartland

Tridents as Symbols: Unmasking the Ideological Shift in Rajasthan's Communal Landscape."

No Primetime Segment as anti-Muslim slurs rocked parliament last Thursday

Anti-Muslim slurs against MP in parliament do not make the cut for commercial new media channels (“mainstream media”) even as social media was ablaze with outrage last Friday

Systemic and widespread: Violence against Dalit continues across Indian states

From a remote village in Gujarat to ghastly targeted gender violence in Uttar Pradesh, to what we see as cosmopolitan Kerala, and even Rajasthan, violence against Dalits in various forms continues.

Jharkhand: Attempt to create red scare for ‘brutal crackdown’, increase loot of resources

The civil rights group Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization in a statement on plans to crackdown on “64 democratic progressive organisations” in Jharkhand under...

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Censorship: Government keen on stripping legal immunity for social media platforms

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