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Making Waves: After inspiring swathes of peacemakers all over India, ‘Mohammed’ Deepak and his friend will launch a nationwide ‘Insaniyat Jodo Yatra’ to fight...
Unfettered by the attacks on himself and his friend after he intervened against Bajrang Dal hooliganism in Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, Deepak will now launch an Insaaniyat Jodo Yatra
Kaushambi: Muslims welcome Ram Dal performers and priests
When a traditional procession passed through a Muslim neighbourhood, residents offered participants refreshments
Dubai is now home to one more Hindu temple, first one was built in 1958
Residents can now worship in one more shrine located in Jebel Ali's worship village
Hindus, Muslims worship Durga in ‘no man’s land’: Assam
Representation ImageA collective Durga Pooja celebration, across a thin,...
Members of Ganpati Visarjan procession pay respect to mosque
The procession switched the music from Hindu bhajans to Islamic devotional songs while passing by a mosque
A half baked secularism: Teesta Setalvad on caste and communalism
Drawing on the subcontinent's history of faith entwined politics and the resultant consolidation of power in the hands of the few, Teesta Setalvad invokes Ambedkar, Periyar and uses her own engagement with communalism to argue that the battle for secularism in India simply cannot be won without addressing the issue of caste. First published in Communalism Combat in April 1999.
Nafrat Chodo – Bharat Jodo Abhiyaan!
14th August “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” – Another Strategy to Fuel the Politics of Hate & Division! A day of mourning and introspection is being transformed into a day of further spawning hatred and division – India must Resist It!
Hirebedanur: Non-Muslims villagers commemorate Muharram in this Karnataka village that has no Muslims
The holy month for mourning and reflection also has other unique traditions
Kashmiri Pandits welcome back Hajis with Na’at recital
Previously local Muslims had assisted in the rescue of Amarnath pilgrims during the flash-floods
Everyday Harmony: Muslim employer ensures last rites of Hindu employee
The Patna trader said he acted in keeping with the Ganga-Jamuni culture of northern India
Muslim groups organise drinking water in flood ravaged Silchar
The Assam town's residents found government's flood relief efforts insufficient
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