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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

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Triple Talaq: Time for the Ulema to Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

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Orlando Massacre: American Muslim Leaders Say Yes to Love

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Tripura Textbook Debate : Allegations Baseless says Yechury

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Modi’s Administration Oversees Violations on Religious Freedoms: IAMC

IAMC Testifies before Congressional Human Rights Commission on "Challenges...

Bless us, Abba!

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नस्ल और जाति के खिलाफ नफरत के ‘मामूली’ औजार

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Trupti Shah: A Remembrance

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What place is there for religion in modern life?

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