Communalism

‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Tale of Three Mothers: Fatima, Radhika and Shahira demand justice for Najeeb, Rohith, Junaid

#WhereIsNajeeb#JusticeForNajeebProtest at Jantar Mantar, Where is Najeeb? October 15, 2018,...

Mosque built with community funds, Village Headman denies NIA terror funding charge

Strongly refuting multiple media feeds, the village headman denies...

BJP to hold three rath yatras in West Bengal in December

Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2019,...

Only Something Original : Everyday Communalism in Uttar Pradesh

Of Majoritarian Mobilisations since the 2000s in Uttar Pradesh  Book...

Defiling religious texts to carry same sentence as murder in Punjab!

The Punjab Assembly has recently passed a bill for...

Hindutva Poses the Greatest Threat to Women

India is today standing on a precipice, staring at...

News channel fabricated my speech and called me anti-national

Nazre Alam, president of All Indian Muslim Bedari Karwan...

BJP to spend 5000 crores on Kumbh Mela before 2019 polls

The Yogi govt in UP has given Rs.760 crores...

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After ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protests, Neha Bora Moves Delhi HC against police notice; CJP leaders’ release remains unresolved

More than 100 protesters were detained in Delhi as police blocked the planned flag march, while demonstrations in Mumbai and Bengaluru took different courses

Books Under Siege: Bengal’s Left bookstalls, the Calcutta High Court’s intervention and the warning from Hitler’s Germany

The bulldozer retreated, and the court offered temporary relief. But who gets to decide which ideas can occupy Bengal’s public spaces?

After 772 Days in Detention, Ajabha Khatun Returns Home: CJP helps secure her release

Ajabha Khatun’s conditional release brings relief to her family, while her pending legal case and her plea for another detainee underline the fight that remains

Calcutta High Court says political dissent must not be stifled, directs police to protect CPI(M) bookstall near Durga Puja Pandal

Justice Saugata Bhattacharya stresses that democracy requires space for competing political ideologies, directing West Bengal Police to ensure the Left party can set up its traditional bookstall amid allegations of preferential treatment for the Hindu Jagran Manch.

Seeking justice for Ankita Bhandari, parents detained in pre-dawn crackdown at India Gate

The pre-dawn police action came as the family demanded that Dushyant Kumar Gautam’s appointment as Sikkim Governor be put on hold until the CBI completes its probe into the alleged VIP angle