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Shared Muharram Heritage: Hindus lead Tazias, Sikhs serve water
Across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir, families and communities came together during Muharram through processions, acts of service and remembrance. Whether by preparing Tazias, organising processions, distributing water or joining commemorations, these local traditions continue to reflect mutual respect and peaceful coexistence among people from different communities.
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Muslim man in Ayodhya takes lead in organising Durga Puja
Mohammad Taufeeq says that he considers it a matter of good fortune to serve and pray to Maa Durga with a sincere heart.
Assam’s Shivsagar sees joint Durga Puja celebrations by Hindus & Muslims
Image Courtesy: pipanews.comIn a reassuring display of communal harmony between the...
Mohammed Manik jumps into turbulent Mal river, saves 9 lives
28-year-old, Mohammad Manik becomes the hero of the Durga Dashami immersions saving lives caught in a sudden swell in the river
Over decades, it is Muslims who design tableaux for Cuttack’s Durga Puja
The Alis family has got contracts from various Puja Committees in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela and even Hyderabad as people love their finished work, he said.
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!
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