Hate & Harmony

I raise my voice for Adivasis, am I a Traitor?

(This piece authored by Fr Stan Swamy was originally published on Aug 01, 2018. It was then re-published on July 5, 2021 the day of his martyrdom and is...

Relationship with 16-year-old girl not unusual, POCSO accused adult gets bail

The Himachal Pradesh HC noted that it was a consensual relationship, and the girl left her parents house voluntarily

I feel vindicated: Priya Ramani acquitted in MJ Akbar defamation case

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate held that women should be able to take legal recourse even after decades

Disha Ravi is not a Christian, but what if she were?

For communal right wing trolls, being Christian or Muslim in India, is a crime in itself, the RW 'influencers’ continue to spread their claims even after fact checks

Rinku Sharma’s murder is ‘jihad’: Kapil Mishra

Delhi Police’s crime branch is investigating the case, however Mishra has also called it a “terrorist attack”, asking that the accused be treated like terrorists and hanged

Nodeep Kaur gets bail in second case, but remains in jail for now

This is the second of three cases in which she has been granted bail

Madhya Pradesh anti-conversion Ordinance challenged in SC

 The plea states that the law acts as a juggernaut for hateful, divisive and schismatic propaganda

Uttar Pradesh: Woman burnt alive by family over interfaith love

Victim's father Kailash Yadav, brother Ajit Yadav, brother-in-law Satyaprakash Yadav, among those arrested 

Sections of media add communal fuel to Rinku Sharma murder

Some have started spreading ‘information’ that Sharma was killed because he was a Hindu, a BJP and VHP  volunteer

Nodeep Kaur’s ‘illegal confinement’: Punjab and Haryana HC take suo motu cognisance

The court directed the matter of the arrest of the Dalit activist to be listed in the urgent list and issued notice of motion to the State

Mumbai court denies bail to POCSO accused, says 5 year old knows good and bad touch

The Court refused bail on grounds that the nature of accusations is serious as the applicant allegedly committed aggravated sexual assault

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