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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...

Dr. Ambedkar saffronised in a poster, Hindu outfit leader arrested in TN

MP Thol Thirumavalavan posted the picture on Twitter and said that this was demeaning to Dr Ambedkar

Rajasthan Police files chargesheet in minor Dalit boy’s alleged murder by teacher

The Dalit boy was allegedly beaten ruthlessly by a teacher for drinking water from a Matka meant for the Upper Caste

Madhya Pradesh: Home minister Narottam Mishra orders arrest of author, threatens to revoke PHD

In an all-time low for the human rights and law and order matrix in the country, home minister, Madhya Pradesh, ‘orders’ arrest of author and publishers of a book, Collective Violence and Criminal Justice System; that too on the basis of a complaint by the ABVP

Ayodhya Mosque Project in Limbo, Ram Temple Construction in Full Swing

Construction hasn’t started due to the lack of approval for building maps and NOCs from civic authorities, UP Pollution Control Board and fire services.

NBDSA: Complaint filed against Times Now for ‘Madrassa Jihad’ show

The complaint was filed by CJP raising concerns over sensationalizing a UP government survey of Madrassa and turning that data into a communal debate

1992-2022 How Indian State & Society have both been targeted and transformed

The first attack through bullets hit and killed Mahatma...

Uttarakhand further amends its ‘anti-conversion law, maximum sentence up to 10 years

Maximum punishment for forced conversion increased, mass conversion introduced as an offence

What is the Ram Temple Really about?

Teesta Setalvad presents a ready reckoner on what the Ram Temple movement really is

ABHM leader held while going to recite Hanuman Chalisa at Idgah

The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha had given a call for reciting Hanuman Chalisa inside the Shahi Masjid Idgah to mark the anniversary of the Babri Mosque demolition.

Is there a political deadlock over the Vizhinjam port protests in Kerala?

Both the opposition UDF and ruling LDF seem supportive of the Adani’s Group’s Vizhinjam port, now; in 2015 the LDF was a strong critic

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