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...

SC Stays Arrest of Indore Professor in ‘Hinduphobic’ Book Case

The Indore police had lodged an FIR against Dr Rehman in connection with a “controversial” book found in the library of the college that allegedly “encourages religious fundamentalism”.

Tales of love: Choosing humanity over religion in 2022

When hate sells, it is tales of everyday harmony that get lost in the clamour for blood. It is such stories of fraternity that not only bring a ‘feel-good’ factor in our daily news, but reaffirm the Indian people’s basic commitment to co-existence, pluralism and tolerance

Sikh family donates land for mosque; to help with building it too

This is being done to help the Muslim families, who have to travel five kilometers to pray. The village currently has only a Muslim graveyard.

Only Inter-faith marriages under Maha govt scanner; earlier GR was incorrect says Fadnavis

The Deputy CM said that the government encourages inter-caste marriages but cases of cheating were on the rise in inter-faith marriages

Maha: Bahadur Shah Zafar’s portrait smashed by right-wing group in biryani outlet

No complaint was filed against anyone regarding the incident that occurred on Wednesday night, an officer of Rajarampuri police station in Kolhapur said on Thursday

Now MP home minister Narottam Mishra directs police verification by marriage registrars to “stop love jihad” cases

The application for the marriage is submitted a month prior to the marriage, under the Special Marriages Act of 1954

Dalit minor allegedly gang-raped multiple times in Karnataka; 4 booked

The incident came to light when police were informed that a 6-month pregnant minor girl was admitted to a hospital

62% of dropped out Odisha children tribals, 53% said none conselled them to rejoin

The Odisha government launched a Learning Recovery Programme to...

Zero reported deaths due to manual scavenging: Ramdas Athawale

Is the government denying responsibility by referring to such death as deaths brought on by dangerous cleaning of septic tanks and sewers?

ABVP’s strong arm tactics have received a soft touch from law enforcement & the Indian state: 2014-2022

As we near the end of 2022, we see how over the past year especially, as before, the immunity enjoyed by the ABVP continues continuing a pattern set in 2014 and fine-tuned in 2016

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