Secularism

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

Gandhi’s contribution to Communal Harmony

First published on:  23 Aug 2019It is well known...

Police cracking down on voluntary interfaith unions in Guj, UP

In Gujarat, the relationship between an interfaith couple was forcibly branded as a "love-jihad" case, and in UP a false case was filed against the husband

Dharma and humanity are like our two eyes: The secular philosophy of Jhansi

SabrangIndia takes you to Jhansi, the land of Queen Laxmibai, where secularism and unity are the way of life

Secularism and the Constitution

On his birth anniversary, we honour Justice PB Sawant by republishing this piece, that was authored by him as a part of the Concerned Citizens Tribunal, Crimes Against Humanity, Gujarat 2002

Nuh: People’s Conference for Communal Harmony

The incident that prompted this conference was the brutal murder of a young man, Asif

Kashi ka Kabir

Reinterpreting a poet’s life and his times

Remembering Kazi Nazrul Islam: Syncretic secularism in face of a communal divide

In memory of beloved Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul, artists and intellectuals from India and Bangladesh come together to celebrate cultural unity

Tamil Nadu’s NGOs respond to Covid anxiety, bury abandoned bodies in state

SabrangIndia talks to NGOs carrying out funeral rituals for abandoned bodies during India’s Covid-crisis.

We want to serve humanity: Rohingya refugees offer help amidst Covid

Having suffered at the hands of a violent regime in Myanmar, Rohingya refugees offer to help the sick in their new home

EXCLUSIVE: The secular philosophy of Mysore librarian Syed Isaaq

In an exclusive interview to SabrangIndia's Vallari Sanzgiri Isaaq explains why he is refusing to relocate or accept donations, and why he wants to rebuild his humble establishment that was recently allegedly burnt down by miscreants

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