UP’s ‘Love Jihad’ Ordinance – A Sarkari Honour Crime
The law represents an attempt by the BJP to push a toe out of the constitutional ambit, to begin to build the legal infrastructure of the Hindu Rashtra.
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The NRC in Assam Doesn’t Just Violate Human Rights of Millions, it Also Breaks International Law
India has defaulted on its international obligations by interning people in detention centres and depriving them of their right to nationality as well as the right not to be arbitrarily deprived of their nationality.
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Fascism, Imperialism, and Anti-Communism at the Capitol Hill Riots
The flags of U.S. client states, anti-communist regimes, and pre-revolution puppet states dotted the sea of MAGA hats and Confederate flags at the Capitol Hill mobs. Making sense of why requires understanding the convergence between imperialism abroad and fascism at home.
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Fundamentalists Make Hay While the Sun Shines
Perhaps, the rulers and administrators manning the State machinery, haven’t heard this verse of Baba Farid Shakarganj (1173-1265 AD): “Farid, the earth questioned the sky, Where are the mighty captains gone? / In their grave they rot, was the reply / And rebuked for tasks not done.”
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Historians Audrey Truschke and Ira Mukhoty on: ‘Love Jihad’ and Mughals
Time and again, the Mughals have been brought into the conversations around “Love Jihad”, with the argument that it was practiced widely in the subcontinent under its emperors. A conversation with two eminent historians on what do history and evidence say.
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Caste Among Indian Muslims Is a Real Issue. So Why Deny Them Reservation?
While Hindu Shudras and Dalits enjoy the protection of reservation, a Muslim Ajlaf or Arzal, who experiences the same discrimination – if not worse due to their Muslim identity – is not given similar protection by the law.
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‘We’ve Become Like Beggars’: UP Accused Pay Price for CAA Protests Without Being Convicted in Court
The legality of the state’s move to recover damages from people accused of having participated in the protests is dubious.
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The Trials and Tribulations of Being a Muslim in Today’s India
The author writes: This article is not about any religion, organisation, political party or government as they are all ephemeral. It is about our people who are enduring. I lament that the venom of hatred has become the lifeblood coursing through the veins of our body politic.
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SC Order on Shaheen Bagh Protest Introduced Dangerous Constitutional Ideas
Is there something inevitable in the form in which we have conceived of liberal democracy that it will, more and more, construe the dissenter as a figure of criminality?
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Minority Places of Worship Were Attacked in India and Pakistan. Guess Which Country Took Action?
The comparison highlights just how far India has moved away from its ideals of secularism.
