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UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge
Be it the attack on the Gogamedi shrine in the Hanumangarh district of northern Rajasthan or the Neja Mela in the Sambhal district of western Uttar Pradesh, Hindutva’s systemic attack on India’s syncretic traditions, past and present, reveals its rigid and Brahmanical ideological orientation: imposition of a strictly hierarchical, exclusionary and structured notion of faith and practice
Haridwar ashram joins Faisal Khan to decry Hate
Peace activist Faisal Khan fasts to protest the spread of communal hate, draw support from Matra Sadan ashram Mahant Swami Shivanand Maharaj
Citizens reclaim Varanasi ghats: VHP, Bajrang Dal’s communal posters fail
Citizens groups uphold secular values, showcase ‘paigam-e-muhabat’ on ghats, police register a case, serve notices to two accused, no arrests yet
A Christmas Message for We the People
#Hum Hindu Hain #Hum Mussalman Hain #Hum Christian Hain#Hum...
Gurugram: Gurdwaras, Hindu shop owner, offer space for namaz
Muslim brothers should come to the gurudwara and offer prayers, say Gurugram’s Sikhs, Hindu man says he won't allow his city to break
150 years of Gandhi: A legacy of Ahimsa and Communal Peace
First published on: 28 Sep 2019Gandhi spent the last year...
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
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