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.

CJP approaches NBSA against Zee Media’s Vaccine Jihad show

A vaccine wastage incident in Ecuador, was falsely reported to have taken place in Uttar Pradesh, pinning the blame on a Muslim nurse

Adivasi youth allegedly killed by Jharkhand security forces: Fact-finding report

Local newspapers said Bramhadev Singh of Piri village died in counter firing by security forces, but an investigating group discovered villagers never even attempted to fire at officers

Kashi ka Kabir

Reinterpreting a poet’s life and his times

Maulvi and a feminist

First published on: October 2009Though religion per se was...

Remembering Kazi Nazrul Islam: Syncretic secularism in face of a communal divide

In memory of beloved Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul, artists and intellectuals from India and Bangladesh come together to celebrate cultural unity

The Supremacy Myth

The bogus arguments and "proofs" on the basis of which the better half of God’s finest creation is kept under subjugation and servility is both shameful and sinful

Quran and Liberation

The Quran teaches us a radically egalitarian view of the equal worth and dignity of women that remains unparalleled, even in modern thought

Junaid Khan murder case: A chronology of events surrounding the case

Junaid was stabbed and thrown out of a Mathura bound train by accused persons, who are all out on bail

Remember the teenager named Junaid Khan?

His lynching had sparked the #notinmyname campaign, however, four years later communal lynchings no longer seem to shock the public. A scary sign of the times

Rajasthan: Dalit man killed after row over Ambedkar poster

Vinod Bamnia, a member of Bhim Army, was assaulted on June 5, succumbed to injuries two days later

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