Hate & Harmony

Beware of false parallels being drawn by supporters of the right-wing to justify the demolition of a medieval era mosque in India 

Ayodhya Bhumi Pujan provided retrospective legitimisation for Babri Masjid destruction said Sitaram Yechury, Gen Secy, CPI(M)

Accused on the run after getting bail

Gather in Times Square to denounce politics of hate

From our Communalism Combat archives (Nov-Dec 1994), here is an exclusive piece by activist Harsh Mander where he gives a moving account of a humane and impartial administration’s encounter with the storm-troopers of hate in Madhya Pradesh

In this interview from 1994, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) former Chairman Ravi Gupta tells Communalism Combat co-editor Teesta Setavad, how he saw varying forms and degrees of not only religious, but also caste and class discrimination become apparant after the Babri Masjid demolition

In this interview from 1994, artist Navjot tells Communalism Combat co-editor Teesta Setavad, about the challenges of being a Sikh woman married to a Muslim man practicing secular values in wake of the Babri Masjid demolition

In this interview from 1994, ad guru Mohammed Khan tells Communalism Combat co-editor Teesta Setavad, about his diverse lineage and why he dislikes the Hindu vs Muslim narrative that emerged in wake of the Babri Masjid demolition

In this interview from 1994, actor-activist Shabana Azmi tells Communalism Combat co-editor Teesta Setavad, how after the Babri Masjid demolition she was suddenly made conscious of her Muslim identity

How a corrosive refashioning of India took place in our personal and social spaces