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When History substitutes Governance: Hindutva’s Politics of Manufacturing Pasts

Inventing kings, rebranding dynasties, and fabricating history to mask policy failure and engineer caste-communal politics

Historic Victory at Panjab University, but Federalism Remains at Stake

At a time when the BJP is forcefully implementing...

‘Brutal intimidation of Christians’ all India condemned: Bombay Catholic Sabha

In a statement, accompanied by open letters to senior political leaders, the Bombay Catholic Sabha (BCS) has strongly condemned the “brutal intimidation of Christians in some parts of the country and increase of such act of terror during the Christmas season”

The ‘Shastra Poojan’ Project: How the ritual of weapon worship is being recast as a tool of power and hate propaganda

An investigation into how a nationwide network of right-wing organisations, with political and state patronage, is transforming a religious ritual into a campaign of hate, through public weapon worship in universities, police stations, and community spaces, it seeks to legitimise violence, indoctrinate children, and dismantle India’s constitutional secular order

No right to live, or die: Christians in Chhattisgarh, and India under attack

Once again, Christians are under brute and specific attack on the eve of the Christmas season

Documenting a national pattern of vigilantism & targeted action against minorities

Incidents recorded between September and November 2025 point to a recurring pattern of assaults, intimidation, identity policing, religious disruption and state action affecting Muslim and Christian communities across multiple states

Kerala MP protests RSS’ attempt to “infuse Christmas” with sectarian song

John Brittas, CPI-M Member of Parliament (MP) in the Rajya Sabha has strongly protested RSS/BJP move to impose an ‘ideologically affiliated song during Christmas celebrations’; he has made the letter to the Union Minister, J, Scindia, public in social media

Street Pressure, State Power, and the Criminalisation of Choice: How Hindutva groups are pushing Maharashtra’s anti-conversion law

From district collectorates to Assembly sessions, a coordinated campaign built on ‘love jihad’ conspiracies seek to import a legally contested, constitutionally suspect regime into Maharashtra

Muslim clothes hawker dies after prolonged mob torture in Bihar’s Nawada

A week after being brutally attacked in Nawada, Mohammad Athar Hussain succumbed to his injuries, leaving behind unanswered questions on accountability, identity-based violence, and justice

NBDSA Raps Times Now Navbharat for communal, agenda-driven broadcast; orders removal of inflammatory segments

In a win for Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), the broadcast regulator holds the channel responsible for stereotyping Muslims, manufacturing a false narrative, and linking unrelated crimes to an entire community

‘Babri Masjid’ v/s Gita recital: In a cynical play of communal politics, pre-poll West Bengal sees active polarisation at both ends of the spectrum

Months ahead of polls, Bengal politics takes a communal plunge –minority and majority -- with electronic and print media playing up both events: the foundation laying ceremony of the “new Babri Masjid” and the “Gita Recital” at the Brigade Parade Ground, Kolkata

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