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How defending a 70-year-old Muslim shopkeeper triggered FIRs, highway blockades, and a law-and-order crisis in Uttarakhand

What began as a local intervention against alleged intimidation over a shop’s name spiralled into right-wing mobilisation, multiple FIRs, and a national debate on selective policing, free speech, and communal harmony in Kotdwar

Indispensability of Dissent: A citizen’s right and duty to judge democracy

  Vice President of India Hamid Ansari delivered the first...

Fear Grips Muslims in Dewarhu Village in Sonipat, Haryana

Homes of 'Hindus' Marked with “Om” by RSS WorkersLocal...

Why cries of ‘Kendriya Sarkar Murdabad’ rang out at Tanzil Ahmed’s Funeral

The Modi ruled Central Government and its Representatives were...

Saudi Funding of Intolerance: The Other Face of the Indian Sufi’s Angst

Image Courtesy: Quora.comThe issues arising from the decision...

Proud to be ‘anti-national’: Gurpreet Singh

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Religion-based Nationalism is back in Full Force: Romila Thapar

Image: The Hindu   In the 1960s we were confident that...

Talaq, Talaq, Talaq: If it’s inhuman, how can it be ‘Islamic’?

  In response to the Supreme Court's recent suo motu...

The ulama are wrong: Muslim Personal Law in India is not God-given

  In response to the Supreme Court's recent suo motu...

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