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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
Hate speeches amplified by television, incited targeted violence against Muslims: CCR Report, Feb ‘20 Delhi riots
Looking at the build-up to the violence, as also the impact and fallout, 2 ½ years after the riots in North East Delhi in February 2020, a Citizens Inquiry Committee of retired judges and civil servants releases its report
Video of Gujarat cops flogging men arrested for ‘rioting’ surfaces, inquiry ordered
After first arresting only Muslims on Tuesday, October 4, members of the Gujarat police are reportedly caught on video taking law into their own hands and flogging Muslim youth
When Navratri’s joyous Garba dance becomes a garb for exclusion: Gujarat, MP
The extra constitutional moral policing by outfits like the Bajrang Dal(BD) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) all affiliates of the omnipresent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) introduce violence and exclusion in the 9-day festival of dance
Mohan Bhagwat and Indian Muslims
The Silence of the Mountain and the expectations of Muhammad
Karnataka: Minority PhD Scholars Stare at Bleak Future as Govt Slashes Fellowship Amount
The fellowship scheme has faced hurdles ever since regime change in the southern state.
Headmaster heckled for holding essay competition on Prophet Mohammed: Karnataka
A group of men, identifying themselves as ‘right-wing’ activists, entered a government school in Karnataka and heckled the school headmaster for holding an essay competition in school.
Sikhs are not Hindus, allow registration of marriage under Anand Marriage Act
A Sikh couple has moved Bombay high court for protection of their cultural rights and for directions to the state government to frame and notify rules under the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 so that they can register their marriage under it
Delhi police impose section 144 around Jamia, Okhla, student assembly restricted
Representation Image | Courtesy: PTI The Jamia Millia Islamia has...
Why society ‘needs to undertake’ a penance for what Bilkis Bano has had to suffer
It is a matter of shame for us as...
UP: After Madrasas, Yogi Govt to Survey Waqf Properties; Muslim Citizens Doubt ‘Intention’
There are 162,229 Waqf properties, including 1,50,000 registered with Sunni Central Waqf Board and 12,229 with Shia Central Waqf Board in UP, with the government occupying quite a few of these.
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Pregnant woman deported despite parents on 2002 SIR rolls, another homemaker commits suicide
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Seven Dimensions of Zohran Mamdani’s Win Hold Significance For Indians
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Silence in the Statistics: What NCRB data won’t tell you about dissent
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Ritwik Ghatak transcended realms unexplored to reinvent art of Indian revolutionary film making
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The Silencing of Dissent: Bar Council’s suspension of Advocate Asim Sarode is a stark case of selective justice
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