Hate & Harmony

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.

Protection of Manual Scavengers under the law: The real picture

Mismanagement in providing compensation and low conviction rates render the law less effective

Gujarat’s people do not want communal tensions: Concerned citizens write to Governor

Communal elements, seek electoral benefits or fame and flare up tensions in the state, they write asking police to tackle all such attempts 

HRDA demands justice for Baldev Murmu’s illegal detention

Police kept the Adivasi activist from Jharkhand in jail for two-days in clear violation of CrPC laws and Article 22

Direct police to apprehend criminals propagating anti-Muslim hate messages: Gujarat citizens to CM

The hate has folllowed Kishan Bharwad’s murder allegedly by two bike-borne men in Dhandhuka on January 25

Afghanistan: Women, Economy and Taliban

By discrimination on the basis of gender, the Taliban are violating key principles of equality laid down in Islam

Dharm Sansad: Has the woman Hindutva ‘leader’ calling for rape of Muslim women been arrested yet?

New video from hate speech at Chhattisgarh Dharma Sansad goes viral; Kalicharan was the only accused arrested after the event, still no action against the woman leader

Two more hijab controversies in Karnataka

Within a span of nearly two months, the state has reported five instances of banning hijab on-campus

Will Bulandshahr gangrape-murder case take the Hathras route?

The recent murder, after alleged rape of a teenager and her cremation at midnight has brought back memories of the Hathras case

Courts seek Action Taken Reports from Police in cases against hate monger Suresh Chavhanke

Chavhanke, a known hate offender, is in the spotlight now as courts seek to know if cognisable offences are made out against him in two cases

Pirana: Attempts to erase the history of the 600-year-old dargah?

Minorities feel uneasy in wake of wall construction that obstructs smooth passage between the dargah and a mosque and graveyard; allege attempts being made to redesignate the dargah at a temple

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