The Hindu Right’s purge of progressive Tamil television newsrooms
BY ABHEY RAGI
WHEN I SPOKE to a senior staffer of News18 Tamil Nadu in October, I was told the entire organisation was crumbling. Numerous staff...
Karnataka: BJP Minister says Muslim cannot contest for Belagavi Lok Sabha seat
Presenting communal sentiments yet again, Karnataka’s Rural Development Minister K. S. Eshwarappa on November 28, 2020 said that there was no question of Bharatiya...
Laws Against ‘Love Jihad’ Are Yet Another Serious Attack on India’s Once Secular Democracy
BY DEBASISH ROY CHOWDHURY
Even Netflix wasn’t ready for this plot twist. The central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh last week registered a police case against...
Interview: Vinay Sitapati on Vajpayee, Advani and the success of the Hindu nationalist movement
By Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
Vinay Sitapati is a political scientist and author of Half Lion, a biography of former Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao. His new book, Jugalbandi:...
Why India’s Most Populous State Just Passed a Law Inspired by an Anti-Muslim Conspiracy...
India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, introduced a law outlawing so-called “Love Jihad” on Tuesday, the first of at least five states led by...
Despite Modi, India Has Not Yet Become a Hindu Authoritarian State
This story first appeared on cato.org
UN Human Rights Chief Tells Modi Govt to Free Activists Held Under UAPA, Review...
“I urge the Government to ensure that no one else is detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly –...
Jesuits Demand Immediate Release of Fr. Stan Swamy, SJ
October 22, 2020 — Fr. Stan Swamy, SJ, was expecting his arrest. Over the summer, he was interrogated multiple times by India’s National Investigation...
UAPA: India’s anti-India Act
Humble though its beginnings were, the UAPA has now grown into a poisonous tree and is clearly modelled on the United States’ McCarthyite Un-American...
16-year-old dalit girl gang-raped in public toilet in UP’s Etah
By TNN
AGRA: A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped in a public toilet in UP’s Etah by three people from her village, including a...
The Actual Gujarat Model: Authoritarianism, Capitalism, Hindu Nationalism and Populism in the Time of...
By Nikita Sud
Gujarat is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home State and training ground. His Gujarat Model is projected as growth and development oriented....
Muslim Man Lynched for Relieving in Public in UP’s Bahraich
BAHRAICH (Uttar Pradesh) – A 23-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly by four men in Bahraich district for relieving in public.
The incident took place...
The Indian Media is Blaming Muslims for the Coronavirus Pandemic
By Vedika Inamdar and Pooja George
In March of 2020, just before the official coronavirus-related lockdown in India, a Tablighi Jamaat religious gathering took place...
