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Unifying cultural celebration weaponised: Ganesh processions turned into stages for hate speech & moral policing
Ganesh Chaturthi, once a symbol of shared community celebration, was exploited this year by hard-line groups across India to amplify anti-Muslim and anti-Christian rhetoric, transforming a festival of harmony into a tool of exclusion
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Shivaji in ‘secular’ Maharashtra
First published on: 19 Dec 2015The Shiv Sena threatens...
Kashmir: Friday sermons in mosques express solidarity with Kashmiri Hindu brethren
Kashmiri Pandits have also said on record that they have got a lot of support from their Muslim brothers
Varanasi peace activists begin campaign to maintain communal harmony
Activists and leaders from all faiths will visit sensitive neighbourhoods, market areas and commercial centres to deter people from engaging in violence
Udupi to march for secularism on May 14
Various progressive rights and religious groups will come together to unequivocally protest the growing communal divide in India
Will keep loudspeaker volume low: Mumbai Mosques
Masjid heads say they will continue to follow noise regulations to prevent any chance of communal disruption
Hindu sisters donate land to Eidgah to honour father’s dying wish
Touched by the gesture, local Muslims offered prayers for the deceased father on Eid
A Labour Day befitting India’s Constitution
Be it labour and Dalit classes uniting, or religious groups dining together, May Day was a breath of fresh air amidst India's communal atmosphere
Restoring faith in unity: Mumbai’s Iftar parties
Weeks after Mankhurd violence, residents and even people from other areas in Mumbai got together during Ramadan peacefully
Jogeshwari’s secular Shobha yatra sets the bar
While other regions reported violence, Jogeshwari went the extra mile to display its Hindu-Muslim unity
Hindus worldwide denounce hate
A Hindu organisation and various individual groups identifying with the religion sign a joint letter denouncing the climate of anti-minority hatred n India
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