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‘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

“He was our pillar of strength” – Megha Pansare on Govind Pansare

This is the first excerpt from a long essay by...

Unmasking the Media With Bhasha Singh: India’s Hate Factory is Killing Innocents

With prime-time debates doubling up as media trials, who...

WhatsApp Does Not Create Lynch Mobs, People Do

The primary issue in the rise of mob violence...

Hate Watch: Hate poetry that Zee News aired

Divisive and hateful language was made entertaining through Hindi...

Violence Against Christians Rise In India

As if, there is a predetermined notion, 20 incidents...

Issue Guidelines to Curb Cow Vigilantes, Protect Victims, SC Told

The Supreme Court has been urged to formulate comprehensive...

Jharkhand citizens issue statement against attack on right to life

A group of 52 people comprising of academics, activists,...

Emergency Period: RSS Chose Compliance Over Resistance

Watch an interesting conversation between Urmilesh and NewsClick’s editor-in-chief,...

Lal Singh: The snake BJP fed

Choudhary Lal Singh is no stranger to controversy. His...

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