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A Decade after Bisada: Why Uttar Pradesh’s attempt to drop the Akhlaq lynching case defies law and constitution
Ten years after the Dadri lynching shocked India and forced a national reckoning on hate violence, the Uttar Pradesh government has moved to withdraw prosecution against the accused — raising critical questions of law, constitutional duty, and deliberate impunity
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Rise in Cow Vigilantism: A leading driver of discrimination against India’s Muslim minority
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The recent lynching of a Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh by a Hindutva cow vigilante mob raises questions regarding the law-and-order situation in the state of Uttar Pradesh and the rise of communal violence instances.
X’mas Eve becomes the target for Hindu extremists
Religious persecution of Christians in India has surged, marked by violent attacks, legal repression, and vigilante actions. This article examines the role of extremist groups, government policies, and judicial responses.
Muslim student denied exam for wearing beard in Ahmedabad: A disturbing reflection of rising intolerance
Nursing student Hafiz Abu Bakr’s right to sit for an examination is questioned due to his religious identity, exposing deepening biases and cultural discrimination in India’s educational system.
Right-wing outfits disrupt Christmas across the country, alleged religious conversion through events
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On December 25, as the world celebrated the joy and warmth of Christmas, right-wing groups like VHP, Bajrang Dal, and Hindu Jagran Manch disrupted events across the country. From forcing a Zomato rider in Indore to remove his Santa costume, to halting celebrations in Mumbai, Lucknow, and Rohtak, Bapunagar and Dehradun
How has Swami Vivekananda looked at Jesus Christ?
Vivekananda strongly argued that Jesus belonged to the Eastern world (Asia). He went even further, boldly claiming that all great souls and incarnations originated in the Orient.
Christmas under siege: right-wing target Christmas celebrations across states, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala
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Across the country, Christmas celebrations are facing mounting opposition from right-wing groups accusing religious conversion and cultural invasion. In Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, VHP activists disrupt school events, abuse staff, and incite communal hate against the Christmas celebrations, two VHP leaders booked and remanded to judicial custody for 14 days in Kerala
Missing the Mark: Inviting PM Modi to a Christmas Reception Ignores the Plight of Persecuted Christians
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For my birthday, ‘you are organising in my name,’ a point of order: Christmas invite to PM Modi
Dear Leaders of the Christian Community in India,Greetings of peace,...
Uttar Pradesh’s new tactics for harassment: Electricity theft charges, strategic revival of temple, opening up of 1978 Sambhal communal riots cases
In a shift from demolition drives and religious surveys, the UP government targets Muslim-majority areas with electricity theft accusations, leading to fines, power cuts, and allegations of politically motivated harassment, particularly against Muslim opposition figures like MP Zia-Ur-Rahman Barq.
Uttarakhand: Retd. Muslim Army Officer Faces Ire of ‘Hindutva’ Forces; FIR Filed After 2-Yr Legal Battle
The retired Army officer, also a BJP leader who runs a school in Vikasnagar, had to move the court to get an FIR lodged against the alleged accused. The police is yet to act on it.
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The Tamil Nadu Challenge: The Self-Respect Movement and Periyar E.V. Ramasami
Of late, in Tamil Nadu, the Communists and the Self Respecters (members of the DK) who have until now been viewing each other with disdain until two decades ago, have, through the re-discovery of Periyar by the former realised the value of a political reaffirmation of the fundamentals of the Self-Respect Movement. This is crucial in the state given the current context of the brutal march of ‘Hindutva Hegemons’. Both movements now face a historical challenge, in theory and practice, to be able to convincingly – and through action - club the anti-caste struggle with the class struggle
India
Baba Adhav the grassroots campaigner and leader of the socially oppressed passed away at 96
An intrepid and committed social reformer and organiser of the urban working class, labourers, domestic workers, waste-pickers, Baba Adhav of the “Ek Gaon Ek Panavtha” (One Village One Water Source/Well), who challenged the caste system, died in Pune on Monday December 8
India
It is religion-based politics that refuses to root out caste: Baba Adhav in conversation with Teesta Setalvad
In October 2014, Baba Adhav had this illuminating conversation with Teesta Setalvad, co-editor of Sabrangindia
Rights
Bombay HC bail for Hany Babu signals a critical reassessment of the Bhima Koregaon Case
After nearly five years of incarceration under the UAPA, the High Court’s decision marks a pivotal shift in a prosecution dogged by forensic uncertainty, procedural delay and mounting constitutional concerns
Politics
Nearly 50 lakh names flagged for deletion in West Bengal, state government announces Rs. 2 Lakh relief for SIR-linked deaths, CM Mamta Banerjee launches ‘May I Help You’ block camps
The SIR flagged almost 50 lakh names in West Bengal as potentially removable from the voters’ list, triggering a wave of anxiety among the electors, 39 deaths the state links to “SIR panic,” the TMC government has announced compensation and block-level help camps from December 12 to assist affected residents
Rule of Law
Supreme Court restores Article 21 safeguards, calls 24-month UAPA custody without charge sheet illegal; sets aside Gauhati HC’s reliance on Sec 43D(7)
Bench rules that default bail is an indefeasible right and cannot be denied on grounds of nationality or alleged illegal entry
Rights
SC secures return of pregnant woman and child deported to Bangladesh, says ‘law must bend to humanity’
Union concedes to humanitarian repatriation; Supreme Court questions due process, sets next hearing on status of four remaining deportees
Communalism
Babri Mosque Demolition: When the Indian State succumbed to majoritarian propaganda
Reassertion of obliterated historical facts has always been a project of the powerful majority and this crucial piece, once again, exclusively in SabrangIndia, counters this propaganda