Hate & Harmony

Sharif’s family mourns his death after an alleged assault for resisting Holi colours, but instead of justice, they face an FIR. “We lost a loved one, yet police target us,” says Minhaz, Sharif’s brother-in-law, from court, filing petitions against Uttar Pradesh Police as outrage grows over victimization and a post-mortem citing cardiac arrest

The proposed equity regulations, besides lacking clear definitions of discrimination, also exclude the OBC community from their scope.

A student at the University College Dublin, positions his experience of the Indian external affairs minister recent visit to the country where he studies; the author sensitively probes the worrying dichotomy of unconcern with the situation back home that the majority Indian diaspora experiences, even as India and Indians falter on the human rights indices test

Government estimates suggest the state has around 450 registered madrasas and 500 operating without recognition

In mirror memory to the Roja Iftar jointly celebrated by Hasrat Mohani and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in Delhi on October 13, 1949, for the second year running, the Muslim community has taken the lead along with Ambedkarite leaders to have collective observances at Mahad

Vindicating the independent fact-finding into the gross rights violations in Parbhani on and after December 10, 2024 (titled Unfettered Police Brutalities: PARBHANI –Fact-Finding Report on Allegations of Brute, Unlawful & Anti-Constitutional Conduct by Parbhani Police (December 10-15, 2024) the Magisterial probe report indicts local police officials for physical abuse of the 35-year-old Dalit youth, Somnath Suryawanshi

This simple yet touching tradition was begun by Dada Ratanchand, a Hindu refugee from Sindh, who sought refuge in Chennai after the Partition of India.

Muslims in Maharashtra, even during Shivaji Maharaj’s time, have stayed loyal to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and even today they still have faith in this land; the current controversy is only to re-establish Brahmical hegemony and take away from Shivaji’s unique valour

Nagpur, Maharashtra erupts in communal violence after Aurangzeb Tomb protest by VHP-Bajrang Dal which itself followed weeks of hate speeches, based on misinformation, around the issue: vehicles were torched, security forces attacked, and over 50 arrested amid heavy police deployment

TNTA said the tribal population faces a daunting task in obtaining ST certificates for better education and employment. Moreso, after the process has been made online.