Hate & Harmony

From caste to race: Reading ‘Black & Buddhist’ through an Indian lens

A few days ago, while visiting a local library in a relatively small town on the eastern coast of the United States, the person who took me there asked...

Unravelling India’s Legal Evolution: LGBTQIA+ Rights and the Supreme Court Handbook

Analysing key judgments and the SC handbook's role in shaping equality and inclusion

Arrest of activist of Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sanghatan condemned

Nitin, an activist of Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan was arrested on Tuesday, August 29, in Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh in what has been alleged to be a false case. A protest with hundreds of Adivasis was organised in Burhanpur yesterday to protest 

Social Justice remains elusive 33 years after Mandal Movement

Mandal Day celebrations are being held across the country....

Politicians flood Muzaffarnagar, as father of child beaten for being Muslim says he wants justice as he is scared for his life

Three days after the shocking video of a Muslim boy beaten up by his classmates on instructions of his teacher, there has been a flurry of activity in Muzaffarnagar, with politicians visiting the victim and accused, and Alt-News journalist, Mohammed Zubair, thrown under fire.

Prosecute the hate-peddling school teacher Tripta Tyagi: IMSD

Hindu majoritarianism has turned India into a sick society

Brutal rape and murder of tribal child in MP receives no headlines

A tribal teenager, aged 17, was murdered for allegedly refusing the sexual advances of a dominant caste man in the BJP-ruled state, Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district.

No country for Dalits: brutal incidents of violence against Dalits in the last week of August

Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra see four Dalits assaulted, 2 murdered in the last week itself.

Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan

A mob vandalised and burnt eight churches and several homes in Pakistan following accusations of blasphemy on August 16 in Faisalabad district’s Jaranwala tehsil in Punjab province.

Muslims are equal citizens, not subjects, Mr. Himanta Biswa Sarma 

In a recent interview with NDTV, Assam Chief Minister...

Tripta Tyagi and Puru, my son

Reflections from a Hindu Indian parent bringing up his son in a white neighbourhood school in north America where joy and sharing not prejudice and hate greeted kids’ return from a long summer break; a shameful comparison with what is happening in parts of India read Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh

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