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Sangh Scares Off Santa: A Christmas of Fear

A sustained hate campaign drives this violence, portraying Christians as threats to Hindu culture. Anti-Christian propaganda has caused a 500% surge in attacks over the decade.

Shah Bano Begum (1916-1992): A Socio-Political Historical Timeline

In this brief, data-driven socio-political timeline of 20th-21st Century India, the author reminds us of the context in which the controversial Bollywood movie, Haq, is sought to be released

Guarding culture or policing faith? Chhattisgarh High Court’s ‘social menace’ observation and the future of Article 25

While affirming Gram Sabha authority under the PESA Act to prevent “forced conversions,” the Chhattisgarh High Court’s ruling raises deeper concerns about the limits of religious liberty, evidentiary reasoning, and constitutional secularism in India’s tribal heartland

Understanding the Supreme Court’s Interim Intervention in the Waqf Amendments, 2025

Be it on the issue of the disproportionately stringent control over the Islamic institution of Waqf (as compared to the administration of Hindu muths or temples), the Supreme Court’s part interim reliefs to the controversial 2025 Waqf Amendment Act, risk a judicial stamp on the state’s sledgehammer approach; a detailed analysis of the SC’s interim order dated September 15, 2025

September of Fear: Targeted Violence against Christians in Rajasthan exposes pattern of harassment after Anti-Conversion Bill

What began as scattered threats escalated into systematic persecution of Christians in Rajasthan, with right-wing groups and police acting in tandem to enforce religious control

CJP urges NCM action against hate speech campaign vilifying Bengali Muslims as ‘Infiltrators’

In a detailed complaint, CJP has urged the National Commission for Minorities to act on a wave of hate speech, vigilantism, and communal mobilisation targeting Bengali-origin Muslims wrongly branded as “Bangladeshi infiltrators”

Ancestral home of Olympic Gold Medallist & Padma Shri Mohd. Shahid demolished in Varanasi Road widening drive

In Varanasi’s road-widening drive, 13 homes fell — including hockey legend Mohammad Shahid’s ancestral house, despite compensation and notices, pleas for delay were ignored, a landmark of sporting pride is gone, the city now faces a question of memory and honour

Indore’s Bazaar Purge: Muslim workers and shopkeepers forced out under BJP leader’s ultimatum

Over 50 workers and several shopkeepers’ face job loss in Sheetla Mata Bazaar as Eklavya Singh Gaud directs traders to remove Muslim employees, citing “love jihad”; police inaction fuels fears of targeted communal displacement

Rajasthan: Civil Society demands arrests, rule of law and end to minority targeting under anti-conversion law

Civil society leaders raise alarm over continued attacks on Christians in CM’s own constituency in Rajasthan after the passage of the Anti-Conversion Bill, demanding accountability, arrests of Bajrang Dal members, and protection for religious minorities

Imam refused to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’, assaulted in UP and told to ‘Go to Pakistan’, no FIR filed yet

Aligarh Imam Mustakeem was attacked by a group of youth who allegedly demanded he chant a Hindu slogan, after refusing, he says he was beaten for over an hour and told to leave the country, police deny any communal motive

From Assam’s Soil to Detention and Back: The tragic death of Amzad Ali

Locked up in Matia detention camp despite generations-long roots in Assam, 49-year-old Amzad Ali dies of cancer as authorities ignore medical appeals; family finally lays him to rest in his native village

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Sangh Scares Off Santa: A Christmas of Fear

A sustained hate campaign drives this violence, portraying Christians as threats to Hindu culture. Anti-Christian propaganda has caused a 500% surge in attacks over the decade.

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