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112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity
Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.
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
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
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