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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...
How Halal is your harassment?
Right wing ecosystem, wants to “Boycott Himalaya” products for its Halal Certificate, do they even know that Adani, Patanjali and Reliance have one too?
Sharp spike in cases of child marriage and child trafficking in 2020!
The number of under-age marriages jumped from 523 to 785 within a year, this even as Covid-19 brought about unprecedented economic hardships on families
Bajrang Dal smells an opportunity in stirring the halal pot, pastes boycott posters
Hindutva call to boycott Halal food, continues to grow unchecked both online and on the streets
Manual scavenger deaths: Did Centre misrepresent death data in Parliament?
Social Justice Minister reported that no deaths took place due to manual scavenging in the last five years, but conceded 325 people died in accidents while undertaking hazardous cleaning
BMC reports only 43 vasectomies in 2021-22
Blaming the decline on the Covid-19 pandemic, authorities said they will address the issue with new vigour
857 communal riots in 2020 alone!
Home Affairs Ministry says it will amend criminal laws to match up to existing social reality
SC commission demands justice for Dalit youth thrashed and hung upside down from tree in Punjab
The Commission noted that there was inaction on part of the police, and demanded results by April 6
‘Halal food is economic jehad’: BJP gen sec CT Ravi cooks up fresh hate
Ravi’s words follow social media messages asking to Hindus to boycott Halal meat, offered by some a day after Ugadi, that marks the Hindu New Year in Karnataka
Hate-monger Sangeet Som’s Sena bristles at hate video
Not warming to a taste of their own medicine, the former MLA’s supporters demand immediate arrest of the video creators
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