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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

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

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

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

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Nailing the sangh parivar’s lies: How the Naujawan Bharat Sabha is doing it

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