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

J’khand inter-caste couple allegedly threatened by family and Cabinet minister, HC provides protection 

The court, like many other courts of law in the country, upheld an adult’s right to marry person of their choice

Allahabad HC reunites interfaith couple, provides police protection

The court held that the woman has attained majority, thus is free to move and live on her own terms

93rd anniversary of Kakori martyrs  

Remembering their egalitarian secular ideology and joint martyrdoms can be a bulwark against the Hindutva onslaught

Great friends and fellow martyrs

Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan are immortal symbols of communal harmony

Why inter-faith harmony is today more important than ever before

The biggest challenges of the survival crisis just cannot be met in conditions of suspicion and hatred created on the basis of religion and faith

Secularism in action: Diyas lit at Nizamuddin dargah on Diwali

Trustee Ajmal Nizami explains the annual tradition of lighting diyas in celebration of Diwali and its success amid the coronavirus pandemic

Charges against Faisal Khan are wholly misplaced: Hindu Voices for Peace

Release Faisal Khan who offered namaz in temple, as well as those who recited Hanuman Chalisa in mosque, requests a group which has eminent Hindu monks as members

US and India must learn from MLK and Gandhi, end the politics of hate

People of colour, indigenous people and Muslims continue to face discrimination and othering

Bid Curb Inter-faith marriages: Ruse to Restrict Women’s Freedom

Allahabad High Court in its recent judgment opposed the...

Khudai Khidmatgar convener Faisal Khan sent to 14-day judicial custody 

The arrest has been condemned across the country, many organisations have issued statements of solidarity and demanded that all peace activists be released immediately

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