Hate & Harmony

Arrow gesture at Dargah during Hindu procession results in case against Hindutva leader Harshita Thakur and others in Belagavi

Police action follows complaint alleging hate gestures and incendiary speeches during Akhanda Hindu Sammelana procession near Peeranwadi

Racist, casteist and communal, when will we as Indians reclaim that lost charade of constitutional decency?

Returning to civilizational roots requires battling back and again the stratification of othering and exclusion rooted in state and society

CJP moves National Commission for Minorities over vigilante violence, identity policing, and targeted evictions across states

Complaint documents a pattern of assaults, economic intimidation, disruption of prayer meetings, and selective state response affecting Muslim and Christian communities between September and November 2025

Historic Victory at Panjab University, but Federalism Remains at Stake

At a time when the BJP is forcefully implementing...

Protest outside Delhi HC gate over bail in Unnao rape case, survivor’s mother asks for maximum punishment

Protesters gathered near the court premises, raising slogans and expressing opposition to the bail order

Delhi HC grants bail pending appeal to Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar

The bail order accompanies a temporary suspension of sentence for Sengar will walk free; it has returned public attention to the survivor and her mother's pursuit of justice since 2017; Sengar will, however, remain in jail as he is also serving a 10-year sentence in the custodial death case of the rape victim’s father

‘Brutal intimidation of Christians’ all India condemned: Bombay Catholic Sabha

In a statement, accompanied by open letters to senior political leaders, the Bombay Catholic Sabha (BCS) has strongly condemned the “brutal intimidation of Christians in some parts of the country and increase of such act of terror during the Christmas season”

The ‘Shastra Poojan’ Project: How the ritual of weapon worship is being recast as a tool of power and hate propaganda

An investigation into how a nationwide network of right-wing organisations, with political and state patronage, is transforming a religious ritual into a campaign of hate, through public weapon worship in universities, police stations, and community spaces, it seeks to legitimise violence, indoctrinate children, and dismantle India’s constitutional secular order

Rajasthan panchayat in Jalore district bans camera phones for daughters-in-law

A village panchayat in Rajasthan's Jalore district has prohibited daughters-in-law and young women from 15 villages from using phones with cameras starting January 26 which is also India’s Republic Day, the day the Indian Constitution came into force. Instead, they will only be allowed to use keypad phones instead of smartphones; explaining the rationale, Sujanaram Chaudhary said the community believes that excessive smartphone use by women leads to prolonged screen exposure for children living with them

No right to live, or die: Christians in Chhattisgarh, and India under attack

Once again, Christians are under brute and specific attack on the eve of the Christmas season

Documenting a national pattern of vigilantism & targeted action against minorities

Incidents recorded between September and November 2025 point to a recurring pattern of assaults, intimidation, identity policing, religious disruption and state action affecting Muslim and Christian communities across multiple states

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