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The Hypocrisy and Opportunism of the RSS’s ‘Outreach’ to Muslims

BY Sanjiv Krishan Sood Last week, the Indian Express published two news stories side by side. The headline of the first one quotes Suraj Pal Singh Amu, the...

Hindutva stamp in Modi’s foreign policy

THIS book deserves a far wider readership in India than it has received. Its scholarship is impeccable; analysis incisive and its conclusions are of...

India’s Age of Cruelty.

By Dushyant I’m the Emperor, I don’t like him, my supporters don’t like him, throw him behind bars and let him starve to death. A man...

Two Sikh Activists Arrested For Fighting against Notorious Hindutva Extremist

CHANDIGARH, Punjab: In an another instance of oppressing the minorities by the Indian state, two Sikh leaders were put behind bars by Punjab Police...

When 40% Seats Are Won Uncontested by the Dominant Party, It’s Time to Ask...

Much concern has already been expressed at the excessive violence and intimidation witnessed in the recent block pramukh elections (which function as rural decentralisation institutions) of...

Muslim women ‘put up for sale’ online decry Islamophobia in India

NEW DELHI: Delhi police on Saturday said they were investigating online harassment involving hundreds of Muslim women, who were put up “for sale” on a...

Death of Journalism in India

By Shams Ur Rehman Alavi Shams Ur Rehman Alavi The headline may seem harsh but it’s true. In fact, it was unimaginable till a few years...

‘Targeted by hate’: Audrey Truschke on why she helped write a ‘Hindutva Harassment Field...

By Priyali Prakash It aims to offer guidance to academics “targeted by hate” – specifically those who find themselves “the target or a witness to...

Former Civil Servants Bemoan ‘Complete Breakdown’ of Governance in Uttar Pradesh

NewDelhi: A group of former civil servants has written an open letter condemning the ‘complete breakdown’ of governance and blatant violation of the rule of...

Sulli Deals: The Indian Muslim women ‘up for sale’ on an app

By Geeta Pandey Hana Khan, a commercial pilot whose name was on the list, told the BBC she was alerted to it when a friend...

Harsh Mander: The ‘love jihad’ bogey in Kashmir is another attempt to deny women...

The drafting committee of the Indian Constitution included two women members, Hansa Mehta and Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. They proposed, for inclusion in the fundamental rights...

No Police Action Against BJP’s Suraj Pal Amu For ‘Love Jihad’ Hate Speech

Haryana BJP spokesperson and Karni Sena Chief Suraj Pal Amu, who had delivered an incendiary speech against the Muslim community at a mahapanchayat in Haryana's Pataudi almost a week...

PM Narendra Modi’s Cabinet has 42% ministers with declared criminal cases, shows report

Out of the 78 ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet, 33 – or 42% – have declared criminal cases against them, showed a report released...

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