Secularism

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

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Ramabai, a forceful woman from the 19th century, is...

‘Power within the Church still lies with the upper castes’

Ruth Manorama, herself a part of the Dalit Christian...

Gandhi or Godse?

Even as the ‘Brotherhood in Saffron’ pretends to appropriate...

The Story of Polls ’99

The results of the 1999 Lok Sabha polls are...

A Hindu-Buddhist Confluence

The religious system of the people of northern Himachal...

Right in action

Hindutva’s large–scale takeover of educational institutions is one of...

Love, the only Truth

Over the last fifty years, Hyderabad has witnessed large–scale...

Secularism or conversions

Adoption of a new faith is one thing, converting...

History in South Asia

 Allah’s Army in Pakistan Hindutva Brigade in India Buddhist Lions in...

‘Islam teaches only atrocities’

The following examples of text–books from India, Pakistan and...

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