Secularism

Between Celebration and Suspicion: How Bakri Eid passed across india in 2026

With police deployments, cattle regulations, housing society disputes and political mobilisation surrounding Eid-ul-Adha, the festival reflected the tensions of contemporary India

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

Indians stand united, don’t allow Hate to prevail over Harmony

Amidst the instances of hate speech, outbreaks of violence and bulldozer injustice, let us take a look at the efforts of ordinary citizens who helped preserve harmony

Buddha, Brahma or Al-Bari’, notes after a visit to Poa Mecca, Hajo

Figure 1: Pao Mecca Mosque at Hajo, Kamrup Dist,...

Howrah: Hindu families help ensure peaceful wedding for Muslim neighbour

Appeal to local police to allow wedding of Muslim widow's daughter amidst prohibitory orders, welcome guests, arrange for safe transport

June 14, Kabir Jayanti must be a day to celebrate inter-faith harmony

Indians must also remember both the great learning and the courage of the great saint-poet

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

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The Supreme Court in 2025: Deference, technicality and the retreat from rights

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