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After Akbar Ali Mondal’s Killing, Pani Sol’s Hawkers Ask: How Will We Survive?

Ground Report I In Pani Sol, one of Bengal's largest villages of hawkers, Akbar Ali Mondal's killing has left thousands of Muslim traders fearful about earning a living and supporting their families

Losing the plot – How AAP failed its Muslim citizens in the Delhi riots

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Delhi violence update: 40 nabbed for spreading rumours, death toll touches 47

Panic spread across Delhi on Sunday as rumour mills worked over time, but on Monday truth came to light

Crisis medical help & health care wanting: Delhi Violence

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Govt(s) Centre & State absent from relief operations: Delhi Carnage

In the aftermath of communal violence in Delhi, a team of rights and political activists have examined the role of the government in ongoing relief operations and have found an abdication of responsibility. The activists have demanded that the chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, ministers of the Central and Delhi government, MPs and MLAs must meet with all affected persons and immediately initiate confidence building measures. This Status report is based on visits to Bhajanpura, Chaman Park and Shiv Vihar on February 29, 2020

‘Seva’, the Sikh langar, from Bhai Kanhaiya to Delhi Violence, 2020

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After Akbar Ali Mondal’s Killing, Pani Sol’s Hawkers Ask: How Will We Survive?

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