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UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge
Be it the attack on the Gogamedi shrine in the Hanumangarh district of northern Rajasthan or the Neja Mela in the Sambhal district of western Uttar Pradesh, Hindutva’s systemic attack on India’s syncretic traditions, past and present, reveals its rigid and Brahmanical ideological orientation: imposition of a strictly hierarchical, exclusionary and structured notion of faith and practice
‘Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye, dard paraya…’
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Hindus of village Varsola, Memdavad, Kheda Versola village in Memdavad...
Human compassion above everything else
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May his tradition live on forever!
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Rajendra Singh Jaidev Singh Dabi, farmer, Ghodasar village, Kheda Muslims...
A brave officer the Muslims could trust
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Kuldeep Singh, Police Inspector, Jinjar village, Memdavad, KhedaJinjar village...
Braving the mobs, he rescued many lives
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Ramesh Ram Singh Thakur, ex-Minister, Vadodara Ramesh Ram Singh Thakur...
Shining example of mutual co-existence
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Facing fanatics’ wrath for saving Muslim lives
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Ramdas, Laxmiben Pillai, business persons, Kisanwadi, Vadodara The Muslims of...
Risking his life to rescue others
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Fariduddin Khan, Congreessman, Odh, AnandFariduddin Khan is a resident...
AnandPunished for preventing violence
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Kader Khan Pathan, police officer, Umreth, Anand Kader Khan Pathan...
‘Sticking his neck out for a friend among ‘enemies’
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