Minorities

Plea against SC judgment in Bengal Madarsah case about minority institutions rights

The judgment declared valid law, few provisions of which were held to be unconstitutional by the Calcutta High Court on two occasions

Lipstick – and an Iron Will – under my burqa

A tribute to the women of Shaheen Bagh

The “CAA”t is out of the bag

CAA has been made effective from January 10 and now non-Muslim communities from 3 countries can start applying for citizenship in India

SC bats for freedom of speech, trade in Kashmir

Landmark judgment on internet shutdown delves into intricacies of degree and scope of reasonable restrictions vis a vis rights and freedoms

“Next step is Rohingyas’ deportation”: BJP MoS Jitendra Singh

He also said that the CAA has been implemented in J&K while the date of implementation is yet to be released

Minorities in neighbouring countries -FAQs

Image Courtesy: economictimes.indiatimes.comAFGHANISTANWho are the minorities in Afghanistan?Afghanistan has...

Muzaffarnagar Ek Baar Phir – Muzaffarnagar Once Again

Traveling along the Muzaffarnagar countryside roads in 2013 with...

Kristallnacht for India’s Muslims?

Recently activist Kavita Krishnan visited Muzaffarnagar along with Harsh Mander, John Dayal and many other civil society members to take stock of ground realities. Here is her own account of what they discovered, compiled from tweets.

Why is Police demanding people’s documents in Benaras

This is the first question that comes to mind when you watch the video news report posted by UP Tak, a digital news channel in which the police can be seen looking at people’s ID documents, especially those hailing from West Bengal.

Muslim festivals left out of NPR instruction manual

MHA offers weak justification saying that Islamic festival dates are dynamic not realizing that even some Hindu festival dates keep changing

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