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Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions

Agnel Baba, ‘Servant of God’

Like Saibaba of Shirdi, Moin–ud–din Chisti of Ajmer and...

Wedded to the catholic value

 Courtesy: ShutterstockThe misgivings caused by the Vatican Declaration Dominus Iesus...

Censored History

Ramabai, a forceful woman from the 19th century, is...

‘Power within the Church still lies with the upper castes’

Ruth Manorama, herself a part of the Dalit Christian...

Message from Bangladesh

What happens in India has a strong ripple effect...

Gandhi or Godse?

Even as the ‘Brotherhood in Saffron’ pretends to appropriate...

‘It is sad that this happened while I am working for the uplift of the Harijans’

Courtesy: wikimedia.orgContrary to popular belief, there were many failed attempts on...

The murderer as martyr

  The glorification of Gandhiji’s murderers  is  consistent with the...

Wooing the victim

"Muslims are flesh of our flesh and blood of...

Saffron promises and performance

Saffron promises... Jan 24, 1993, The Indian Express  ‘Advani promises Muslim...

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Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

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