When an Indian Hindu hardliner runs your state, what’s it like if you’re Sikh,...
By Sonia Sarkar South China Morning Post
Jagdeep Singh, a 31-year-old farmer from India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh applied to local authorities for a revolver...
Barring Dalit Girl From Temple Highlights Caste Divide in MP’s Khargone
By Kashif Kakvi / New Click
Bhopal: When Puja Khade’s turn to pay obeisance at the sanctum sanctorum of the Shiv temple at Timla village of...
The Shattering of the Muslim Hope in India
By Salik Ahmad / The India Forum
few days ago, a friend and I were sitting on my terrace’s moss-blackened floor, having stolen an evening...
Field Notes: A Phone Call To Tihar Jail
By TARUSHI ASWANI / Article14
I could not help but feel guilty.
Shifa-ur-Rehman’s family allowed me five minutes to talk to him during their weekly phone...
Businesses Hit, Denied Healthcare How ‘Covid Jihad’ Propaganda Hurt UP’s Muslims
By FATIMA KHAN / The Quint
In March 2020, as Covid struck the world, it had a peculiar impact in India. A Tablighi Jamaat congregation...
Watch | ‘Election Only on Riots, Goons’: Former IT Cell Officer Exposes BJP’s UP...
By Arfa Khanum Sherwani / The Wire
Arfa Khanum Sherwani speaks exclusively to a former IT cell chief of the BJP, who breaks down the...
Hijab row sparks fears of Muslim marginalization in India
By ZAFAR AAFAQ / Nikkei Asia
NEW DELHI -- For over two months, tension has gripped India's southern state of Karnataka, after schools and colleges...
India’s ruling party says crime is down. Muslims say they’ve never felt less safe
LUCKNOW, India – Five years ago, prospective landlords in Mumbai recoiled when Kajal Singh told them where she was from.
Singh grew up in Meerut,...
Of Nightmares and Dreams: Children Deal with Aftermath of Delhi Riots 2020
By ANTHONY S ROZARIO / The Quint
Even the slightest commotion takes Khushi back to the afternoon of 24 February 2020 when a mob broke...
UP polls: ‘The police killed our son, but no-one believes us’
By Vikas Pandey / BBC
Muhammad Raees was killed in India's Uttar Pradesh state in 2019 and two years on, his family is still waiting...
Fahad Shah’s Re-Arrest After Bail: Why It May Be an Abuse of Legal Process
By MEKHALA SARAN / The Quint
On the evening of 26 February, journalist Fahad Shah’s lawyer was expecting his release, after he was granted interim bail...
India retains ‘partially free’ status for second year in Freedom House’s 2022 report
India was called a “partially free” country for the second year in a row in the 2022 report by the United States non-governmental organisation,...
