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Politics through a forced imposition of food habits

In current times when we are witness to many mechanisms of political propaganda affecting social thinking, food habits are also one of the components of the divisive political tendencies....

From the violence of 2024 to the Bakri Eid tensions of 2026, a fact-finding report examines Mira Road’s deepening communal fault lines

A two-part fact-finding report examines how political competition, hate speech, state action and outside mobilisation have repeatedly transformed local disputes into communal flashpoints in Mira Road

Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS’ supremo to lead ‘Universal Oneness Celebrations’ in New York!

The author, an academic and activist presents this dossier on the background and perspective of the RSS, an outfit that has been behind the fashioning of a majoritarian India

When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat

From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands

A week of anti-minority hate that grips UP-Uttarakhand

Eight incidents across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand between June 28 and July 5, 2026, ranging from hate speech and conspiracy rhetoric to forced religious sloganeering and vigilante violence targeted religious minorities. The recurring use of ‘jihad’ narratives, demographic anxieties, anti-conversion rhetoric, and vigilante enforcement illustrate a continuing pattern of communal polarisation and vigilantism.

Rath Yatra retraced: Evidence presented to the Liberhan Commission

Sheaves of documentary and other evidence was presented before...

For Gujarat Police, Beard, Niqab Make ‘Radicalisation’ Checklist, Cow Vigilantism Doesn’t

The SOP was circulated as part of the police’s newly operationalised Anti-Radicalisation Cell.

Weaponising religion, manufacturing distrust

From fabricated conspiracies to viral misinformation, repeated attempts to falsely implicate Muslims reveal how communal narratives are systematically manufactured and amplified

How big tech is profiting from Hindutva hate music

A new report identifies more than 500 songs across platforms that allegedly violate the platforms’ own hate speech policies while continuing to generate millions of views, reels, streams and advertising revenue

Despite ASI’s warning protesters in Bharuch march to collector to ‘preserve original identity’ of Bharuch mosque

The foot march happened just days after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which protects the mosque, wrote to the district administration to not allow any “large gathering” on June 10

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Unpacking a Coded Defence: What an IIT Professor’s post reveals about attitudes in elite institutions

The authors interrogate the manner and fashion of appointing faculty at IITs and other such institutions of “higher learning”

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Youth Congress escalates fight against CEC Gyanesh Kumar as SIR controversy fuels nationwide protests

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