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Delhi Court sentences riots accused for promoting hatred against Muslims, sentences him to 3 years in custody

Lokesh Kumar Solanki convicted for inciting violence during 2020 Delhi riots; court calls his conduct “fuel to already simmering tensions” but releases him citing maximum sentence already served

Tensions high at Mumbai’s Mira Road as local BJP MLAs give ultimatum to police

After the recent incidents of violence at Mumbai’s Mira Road area, tensions and fear runs dense as Hindutva politicians are further trying to enter the heavily barricaded area and conduct a rally in the residential regions. Citizens present at the event say they are trying to take legal measures in order to stop these politicians from inciting communal sentiments further.

Mob attacks FTII students on campus

Students injured, banners burned after a mob entered FTII campus after the institute’s student body organised film screening of Anand Patwardhan’s Raam ke Naam

Five states report communal incidents following the inauguration of the Ram Temple in UP

Communal incidents by Hindutva mobs erupt in Maharashtra, Telangana, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Delhi

Eve of Ram temple inauguration sees “clashes”, planting of saffron flag atop Church

Incidents reported from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, all states ruled by the Bharatiya Janta Party 

To Rama, Four Lamps i will light today within my heart

This open letter speaks of faith, morality, anguish and history

Sangh Parivar’s tortured bid to appropriate Dr Ambedkar

First published on: NOVEMBER 18, 2016 An excerpt from Ram...

The making of “Ram Ke Naam”: a Hinduism that is the mirror opposite of Hindutva

First Published on: December 5, 2015The making of “Ram...

Bhagat Singh, the Tradition of Martrydom and Hindutva

First published on: MARCH 23, 2016March the 23rd (2016)...

January 2024: Raking up the myth of temple demolition

While the BJP and the RSS are busy exploiting the occasion of the inauguration of the Ram Temple scheduled on January 22 in Ayodhya for their political gains ahead of the 2024 General Elections, BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde has added fuel to the communal fire by calling for "taking revenge on the minority Muslim community."

Hindutva enters Mumbai college campuses- Gaushala, Shobha Yatra in IIT B, restriction to freedom of speech at TISS

IIT Bombay to have a ‘Shriram Darbar Shobha Yatra’, a musical event inspired by the Geet Ramayan and the inauguration of a ‘Gaushala’ on the campus 

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