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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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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
Wave white scarves on Labour Day to battle hate
A citizens’ campaign suggests organic ways to assert their stand against communal attacks in India
Senior Indian Army officers offer Namaz in Kashmir, shut trolls down
The Indian Army’s social media team had been criticised, since April 21, after it deleted a photo of an Iftar party held in Doda district of Jammu
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