From Bodh Gaya to Mumbai, Protests to ‘Free’ Buddhist Temple Gather Steam
An agitation demanding the end of ‘Brahmin control’ over the Mahabodhi temple has struck a chord in Maharashtra and other states.
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‘Go Back to Kashmir’: Facing Hate Intimidation & Assault, Kashmiri Traders Live and Work in Terror in India
Kashmiri traders, mainly those selling shawls in different Indian states, are encountering increasing hostility, violence and harassment as the calls for boycotting Muslims and their businesses and trade by Hindu rightwing groups have become more prevalent.
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Saluting Zakia Jafri; Remembering the Gujarat Carnage 2002
On 1 February 2025, Zakiaben was called to her eternal reward. In her death, the people of India have lost a great soul. She suffered much since that fateful day, when her dear husband Ehsan Jafri was brutally murdered. Since then, she fought relentlessly for justice not merely for herself but all women and other victims of an unjust and violent system.
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Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code – 3 Articles
The Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand promotes state control in personal relationships, including marriages, divorces, matrimonial disputes, and live-in relationships, as well as in matters of succession and inheritance. Also: ‘Live-in Relationships and the War Against Women’s Agency’; and: ‘Why This Live-In Couple is Taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code’.
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Press Release: Remembering 2020 Delhi Riots; Also: ‘Virtually No Compensation’ to Delhi Riot Victims
Karwan-e-Mohabbat held a commemoration ceremony on 26 February 2025 marking five years since the violence in Delhi in February 2020 in the presence of victim and survivor families. Also: ‘In Five Years, “Virtually No Compensation” Has Been Given to Delhi Riots Victims: Karwan-e-Mohabbat Report’.
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Constitution vs Manusmriti: The Sangh Owes it to India to Clarify its Position
When India finally gained independence, the RSS, which is the parent organisation of the BJP, began to oppose the Indian national flag and the Constitution.
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2024 Saw 84% Rise in Communal Riots; The Loneliness of Being a Christian – 2 Articles
According to a CSSS report, 49 out of 59 cases of communal riots took place in states where the BJP is ruling either on its own, or in coalition with other parties. Also: What kind of country is it where only Christians have to worry about attacks on Christians, and the rest of society remains deaf to their concerns?
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After New Beef Ban in One of India’s Poorest States, Cow Herders, Meat Merchants & Hotels Plunge into Distress
In Assam, thousands who depend on the cattle economy—including farmers, cow herders, meat merchants and restaurants—have plunged into economic distress after the CM on 4 December 2024 expanded a ban on slaughtering cattle and selling it around religious places to eating and serving beef in public.
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Saffronisation of Delhi University: 2 Articles
“In DU’s Daulat Ram College, Students Witness Saffronisation of a ‘Safe Place’”; and: “A Controversial ‘Book Launch’ and Delhi University’s Descent Into Party Propaganda”: It is certainly not the job of our our academic leaders to open the gates of universities to those in power and join them in trampling the garden of knowledge.
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Why Rahul Gandhi Calls Mohan Bhagwat’s 1947 Remark ‘Treason’
What the RSS chief said a few days ago is that India indeed got political independence in 1947 and real freedom came with the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
