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Dhandhuka violence: Gujarat minority group seeks judicial action, cites targeted arson
The Minority Coordination Committee (MCC) Gujarat has written to the Director General of Police seeking judicial action in connection with recent violence in Dhandhuka town of Ahmedabad district, alleging...
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Anindya Sen, booked under sections 294 (obscene acts or words in public), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts to outrage religious feelings) and more
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One wonders if this is the same Hinduism that Gandhi, Ramkrishna, Vivekanand and Tagore preached.
Would such a temple have been acceptable to Ram?
It was not in his character to enter into a dispute
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