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Between Celebration and Suspicion: How Bakri Eid passed across india in 2026

With police deployments, cattle regulations, housing society disputes and political mobilisation surrounding Eid-ul-Adha, the festival reflected the tensions of contemporary India

Atmosphere vitiated with suspicion and mistrust: Shabana Azmi

In this interview from 1994, actor-activist Shabana Azmi tells Communalism Combat co-editor Teesta Setavad, how after the Babri Masjid demolition she was suddenly made conscious of her Muslim identity

Newsrooms, Living Rooms and Class Rooms: Evolution of the Ayodhya Narrative

How a corrosive refashioning of India took place in our personal and social spaces

AUGUST 5, 2020: A lament

Image Courtesy: PTIAugust 5, 2020: Sometime after noon, a...

Reportage on Ram Temple: Is the media playing it safe?

Most publications and networks are either focusing on the ceremony or talking about Covid-19 concerns, artfully dodging its communal history

Delhi violence: LG order appointing MHA picked officers way to defend the indefensible?

The stated reasons for the violence are lies, investigations faulty, and the prosecution is chosen to fill up any gaps that are there in this saga of injustice, says Brinda Karat arguing for the need for an independent prosecution

Unarmed meat transporter critically injured by Haryana mob  

Lynch mobs calling themselves ‘cow’ protectors, are back in NCR, and threaten grow bigger than before, unless the government stops them right now

How long will it take to find lawyers to argue NE Delhi riot cases?

Thousands of riot survivors must wait for justice, till the CM-Governor turf war over who can appoint the legal team gets sorted

Systemic delays in charging accused mean denials of justice & freedom: Delhi lawyers

Box: UPDATED INFO ON DELHI RIOT CASES  These are the...

Is Delhi Police hiding key information, documents of riot cases?

Lawyers, activists, and factfinding reports, including the official one released by the Delhi Minorities Commission, have alleged that Delhi police refused to fulfil its duty by delaying FIRs in connection with the North East Delhi riots of February 2020

Brinda Karat files police complaint against IPS Nageswar Rao

Demands Home Minister prosecutes the IPS officer for his recently made political statements

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CJP flags ‘communal polarisation campaign’ in Bengal polls, seeks action against BJP leaders over election speeches

CJP has filed two separate complaints before election authorities and police in West Bengal, alleging that speeches by Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar and BJP candidate Jagannath Chattopadhyay sought to polarise voters through religious appeals, anti-minority rhetoric, and fear-based narratives, thereby violating the Model Code of Conduct, electoral laws, and constitutional principles

High-Level Committee on Demographic Change (HLC-DC): Another Offensive on Indian Muslims!

Based on the hypothetical fallacy of large-scale Muslim immigration affecting demographic change, the discourse of this government, evident in the terms of reference of the HLC-DC defies figures and logic: In fact, indeed, the fertility rate among Hindus in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is higher than the fertility rate among Muslims in many southern states. In other words, Muslim women in the southern states are, on average, having fewer children than Hindu women in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Telangana: A Congress Chief Minister inspired by Hitler; justifying forcible evictions & demolitions?

Telangana Chief Minister, Revanth Reddy, often also criticised because of his student day association with the RSS’ affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has kicked up a storm with his open admiration for Hitler. He stated this in the context of justifying the HYDRAA [Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA)] that, says, drew its name and concept from the German dictator's alleged fondness for the word 'Hydra.'

May-June 2026: Youth Congress nationwide protests challenge education system collapse under Modi government, media gives cold shoulder?

From mid May 2026 until as recently as June 6, Youth Congress units and leadership have been protesting across the nation on the NEET paper leak row the education system had "collapsed" under the BJP-led NDA government; from Bhopal to Bhubhaneshwar, Delhi to Guwahati, Amravati to Ahmedabad, and Jodhpur to Ranchi. These protests have resonated across the country, available on social media but not commercial or mainstream. On June 6, Saturday, when a huge concentration of media attention was on the “Cockroach” gathering at Jantar Mantar, the IYC President led thousands in a protest in Haryana

The Supreme Court blinks when it comes to Hate Speech

By declining contempt proceedings, denying guidelines, and acquitting the accused without inquiry, the Court in Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay undoes what it spent years building

Appeal by Adivasi-Mulvasi leaders to Jharkhandis: Protect Birsa Munda’s legacy from the RSS

On Birsa Munda’s death anniversary, over 200 renowned Adivasi-Mulvasi leaders, representatives of people’s organisations, traditional self-governance representatives, academics, and activists have issued a joint statement appealing to Adivasis and all Jharkhandis to observe next Tuesday, June 9, the martyrdom day of Dharti Abba Birsa Munda, across every corner of the state by commemorating his Adivasi culture, struggles, and the Ulgulan. Crucially, they have urged them to declare a solemn pledge to protect his legacy from manuvadi organizations such as the RSS, the Janajati Suraksha Manch, and the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram.