Communalism

While the overt fault lines are communal, with the Hindu-Muslim binary feeding base level social and political prejudices, increasingly evident is the real intent/motive behind this assault; it is Autonomy and freedom of choice, for women

Free hand given to hate mongers, as 7 FIRs filed for rioting and damage to public property, but no arrest of T. Raja, Suresh Chavhanke

 ‘Don’t name the MLA, say the police, confiscate postcards and strike out the legislator’s name from banners at the venue

Looking into the prevailing economic status of the Muslim minority in India shows that these calls for their economic boycott will further push them over a dangerous precipice of marginalisation.

SP president files privilege motion against BJP leader Lodha for making false claims of having received 152 cases in the state assembly, Bombay HC allows PIL by Rais Shaikh against the Maha GR

The new poster-boy of Hindutva’s hate mongering, the Assam CM also says that he envisions the new India to have more Ram Janmabhoomis, more temples, and to be madrassas free

Both Muslim boys, arrested by the Kohlapur police, have been charged for disturbing “religious harmony”

In a strongly worded resolution passed at the two day conference at Macchadi, Alwar the Delhi Unit of the Progressive Writers Association has urged the Rajasthan govt to prosecute and prevent trishul distribution rallies and calls for violence against minorities that are likely to increase as state assembly elections draw near

A special visit by ADGP Karnataka led to heightened security in the area, the deployment of six platoons of the KSRP, 23 arrests five of whom are minors

The UN marked the first-ever International Day to Combat Islamophobia with a special event scheduled for today. March 15, where speakers upheld the need for concrete action in the face of rising hatred