Decoding Hate

Hate Watch: Gurgaon’s communal side; residents oppose Friday namaz offered in open space

The Muslims in Sector 47 offer namaz at a site that has been designated for the same 

UP: Where armed communal vigilante groups prowl the streets

An old man is abducted, assaulted in Loni; meatseller thrashed in Moradabad; vegetable vendor killed in Unnao; reporter threatened in Gorakhpur… all in the past one month!

Goa: Congress seeks withdrawal of gov’t order appointing hate monger Prashant Patel as State Counsel

SC lawyer Prashant Umrao has earned a reputation of spreading hate against minorities on social media

Priest Yati Narsinghanand says Muslim boy got ‘befitting reply’ for entering temple

Chief Priest of Dasna Devi temple came out in support of Shringi Yadav, who thrashed a young Muslim boy for entering a temple to drink water

Karnataka: BJP Minister says Muslim cannot contest for Belagavi Lok Sabha seat

The communal comment by the state Minster has attracted flak on social media for trying to further widen the gap between Hindus and Muslims in India.

Divisive videos promoting hate resurface as Bihar elections draw closer

The IT cell swings into action as it hunts down dated cases to disrupt social harmony and divert people’s attention from pressing issue to the usual ‘Hindu-Muslim-divide.’

‘UPSC Jihad’ in civil service recruitment: Suresh Chavhanke

The Editor-in-Chief of Sudarshan News dubs rising number of Muslim civil servants a communal conspiracy

UP BJP Spokesperson calls consensual marriage ‘love jihad’

A Kanpur woman marries a Muslim man in Lucknow against her family’s wishes, right-wing trolls challenge union on social media

Hate Hatao: Hindutva page on FB posts old videos to incite new hate

This page with over 18,000 followers posts old provocative videos of right wing leaders  

Social media hate machine goes into overdrive against Rhea Chakraborty

After Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise which is being investigated by the Police and now the Enforcement Directorate, Rhea has been constantly targeted on social media

Demolish temple to build mosque: Sajid Rashidi stokes controversy

This statement came a day after the Ram temple event of August 5. He is someone who is known to have supported BJP during Delhi elections

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Varanasi: Transgender Community demands action against communal social media posts, CP denies them entry into premises

The Transgender Community in Varanasi, the Prime Minister’s constituency has demanded penal action against those social media posts that fan intra-community tensions; they submitted a memorandum to the Commissioner of Police today

Under heavy police protection, decades-old Mumbai dargah razed

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities demolished the Barkat Ali Shah Baba Dargah in Mumbai under heavy police deployment. The action reportedly followed a notice seeking legal papers and came amid the civic body's anti-encroachment drive. Most ancient places of worship do not have “documents to prove their existence.”

Why was a 200-year-old mosque in Varanasi demolished in the middle of the night?

Authorities reportedly carried out a heavily guarded overnight operation in Varanasi riding roughshod over history in a crude bid for clearing land for an ambitious transport hub project linked to Kashi railway station.

Brute Violence in Bengal sparks citizens’ urgent warning

A joint statement signed by more than 140 activists, academics, former ministers, artists and scientists has warned of “all out fratricide” in India following violent attacks on opposition leaders in West Bengal.

Demolitions of homes of Gujjar Bakerwals in Jammu unconstitutional & violation of FRA 2006: AIUFWP

The All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) along with the Delhi Solidarity Group (DSG) and Wullar Bachav Front have strongly condemned the reported brutal attack, demolition of the houses, harassment, and attempts to evict members of the Gujjar Bakerwal community in Jammu region a few days ago.

Rethinking the ‘Rajput State’: The Neemuchana & Tiladi agrarian movements

The legacy of colonial historiography and further amplified by Hindutva rhetoric has trapped our historical consciousness in the world of kings and dynasties, erasing public memory of our modern agrarian and working-class struggles.

Jharkhand’s Biggest Democratic Test Yet: The SIR Challenge

Jharkhand brings together many of the communities most vulnerable to bureaucratic exclusion—migrants, Adivasis, displaced families and informal workers. The Special Intensive Revision will therefore be far more than a routine electoral exercise. The question is not only who gets verified, but whether those already on the margins are asked once again to prove their place in India's democracy