Hate & Harmony

From caste to race: Reading ‘Black & Buddhist’ through an Indian lens

A few days ago, while visiting a local library in a relatively small town on the eastern coast of the United States, the person who took me there asked...

Calcutta cook lynched in Bihar weeks before marriage

Saddam, the elder brother of the deceased man, has said the three youths were returning from a feast at another village when they were brutally attacked

India behind on poverty, health and gender goals: Independent study

The study, which covers 707 districts, has found that barely a year ago, in 2021, over 75 per cent of the districts were off target on key indicators such as access to basic services, anaemia, poverty, child marriage etc

Citizens demand CM Eknath Shinde prevents & prosecutes Hate Offenders: Maharashtra

A public petition is inviting signatures of concerned citizens demanding action of the state government against hate speech. Javed Akhtar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Kumar Ketkar, Tushar Gandhi among signatories

Urging preventive action against hate offenders, Gandhiji’s grandson, Tushar urges Navi Mumbai police to act

The Mahatma Gandhi Foundation has urged preventive action from the Navi Mumbai Police that has now stated it will vido-graph the event

India Cries for Justice

In India, the cries for justice, are becoming louder...

Junaid Nasir murder: Magistrate summons relatives, villagers of victims for breach of peace

The Pahari (Bharatpur) Magistrate has summoned a few relatives of Junaid and Nasir to court for breach of peace and to execute a bond of Rs. 10,000 each

Bihar: New day, new atrocities reported against the Muslim community

Three Muslim men mercilessly thrashed by mob, two in critical condition, one succumbed to his injuries

Citizens’ attempts to prevent hate speech event ignored, Hate Event allowed by Ratnagiri Police

At the event, Hate speech was given, calls for establishment of Hindu Rashtra were made, bogey issues of Love-Jihad, conversions and Halal boycott brought in to incite audience

Harassment of Christians over forceful conversion allegations; prayers obstructed

In this month alone, February 2023, four-five such incidents have been reported in northern India, mainly Chhattisgarh, MP, UP and Jammu

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