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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...

Will Imran Government Arrest the Man Who Tutored His 4-Year Son to Threaten Hindus?

Recently, the Imran Khan led Pakistani government had approved...

All non-Muslim minorities are Hindus: Puri Shankaracharya wants amendments to Article 25 of Indian Constitution

He says doing so will make Hindus the second largest religious group in the world

Is the UP administration using harsher sections of the law against Muslims, dissenters and activists?

UP slapped NSA charges on two accused in Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder, and also booked four teenagers under sedition for allegedly burning the tricolour for a TikTok video

‘We’, not ‘us’ and ‘them’

The ‘Us and Them’ has been playing to a full house on the world stage, in the recent past

Hate crimes in India: What makes lynching special?

India has seen a rigorous rise in the hate crimes towards minority communities in the last five years. Muslims and Dalits constituted a significant share of the victims of religious hate crimes. Being a Secular, Democratic, Republic, the responses from the state administration and machinery are contradicting these constitutional safeguards. Apart from that, leaders of the ruling political party and their affiliated organisations have played a crucial role in polarizing the country and further accelerating the hatred and violence. Later on, the fairness and credibility of state apparatuses have been questioned due to its partial interventions in the hate crime cases. This article intends to analyse the religious hate crimes in India, further focusing on the mob lynchings in the last five years. The paper brings into limelight the discourse of hate and power in the context of communalism in India. 

Palakkad, Kerala & death of a pregnant elephant: Communalisation of a Tragedy

 India, a plural society is undergoing the pangs of...

Malappuram is not in the Wild West, Madam Maneka Gandhi: Open Letter

This scathing open letter on face book exposes not just the ill-informed rants of the former minister and BJP Member of Parliament (MP) from Sultanpur, Maneka Gandhi but challenges her and her party to please enact a law not to use elephants (or cranes) in public gatherings, festivals and processions, which the writer says will get all Kerala’s support

Ram Rahman cuts ties with Maneka Gandhi’s NGO over communalisation of elephant death

Gandhi had wrongly insinuated Muslims were behind the animal's death in Kerala

Maneka Gandhi gives communal spin to elephant killing incident

She said that the gruesome incident took place in Malappuram which has a Muslim majority population. However, the incident actually took place in another district altogether!

Why does the Adityanath gov’t continue to ignore Dr Aarti Lalchandani’s anti-Muslim hate speech?

Outraged, CPI(M) leader Subhashini Ali demands an investigation, and says the doctor must be dismissed from her post.

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