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112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Whats wrong with being Muslim, Mr. Chief Minister?

UP CM Adityanath told voters that BSP's list of candidates for UP polls resembles 'Muslim League', claiming the Opposition was dividing communities

Who is lobbying to get activist actor Chetan Kumar deported to the US?

The actor-activist is currently out on bail, and the right-wing has been lobbying hard for at least a year to have him deported

Prelude to the Gujarat 2002 Carnage

A look back at the communal buildup to the violence that broke out in February 2002, as documented meticulously in Communalism Combat Archives by Teesta Setalvad

Memories of Struggle: The quest for justice continues 20 years after the Gujarat Carnage

CJP and Teesta Setalvad bring together TM Krishna and Naseeruddin Shah to honour the memory of the victims, and the strength of the survivors with music and conversations

SKM demands justice for West Bengal and Odisha Adivasis

Adivasis in parts of West Bengal and Odisha say that the administration does not acknowledge their forest and constitutional rights; they fear their fertile land will be usurped

20 years after Godhra – Some reflections

Silence is not an option; we must continue to speak truth to power

South Delhi municipal school says no “religious attire” but okays turbans

The hijab row sparked by right-wing elements in Karnataka has now reached all the way to national capital Delhi

Hate Offender: Raghvendra Pratap Singh

An incumbent MLA from Domariyaganj, Singh is hoping for re election and appears to behaves more like a ‘dabang’ or local strongman; his words communal, and tone allegedly threatening  

Bajrang Dal members assault Muslim family in Assam

A retired school teacher’s beard was pulled, his wife and daughter suffered injuries, little granddaughter was left traumatised!

Birbhum: Adivasis opposing coal mining project get support from SKM

Farmers should not be forced to give up farmlands for the sake of mining industry, says SKM

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