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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

Mira Road remains tense after violence outbreak

In the backdrop of mobs swarming the area, vandalism and setting fire to property, and BJP MLA making incendiary statements, Mumbai’s Mira Road continues to remain charged with tension

Will Pran Pratishtha of Lord Ram in Ayodhya mark the end of all conflicts?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech at Ayodhya...

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

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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

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