Communalism

The emergence of Gauri Lankesh, a fiery no-nonsense editor in Kannada

Last year, in 2024, Rollo Romig, an American journalist who lived in Bengaluru (Bangalore) and knew Gauri Lankesh, published the much acclaimed book I am on the Hit List,...

“No Hindu Rashtra”: Nayantara Sahgal

The following statement from Nayantara Sahgal was read out...

The world’s words of the year pass judgement on a dark, surreal 2016

Every December, lexicographers around the world choose their “words...

So you think 2016 was a bad year? There were plenty worse

As early as January, when David Bowie departed the...

Why radicalism takes hold of some Muslim minds

Radicalism is nothing but a byproduct of misinformation coming...

RSS workers chant communal slogans at Assam’s heritage site

Students unions and opposition party Congress have raised serious...

Freeing Father Tom – India’s diplomacy is on test in Yemen and the Mid-East

­­There are a little less than 4 lakh Catholic...

Ground report: Why did a Bengal town with no real history of communal violence suddenly erupt?

Dhulagarh seems divided along political, rather than religious, lines.Image...

Review: Year of horror for minority groups in Bangladesh

Several incidents of organised violence against ethnic and religious...

How Manipur’s Media helps Trigger Violence against Muslims

The remarkable power of the media, particularly the electronic...

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