Seven get life term for killing two men that sparked Muzaffarnagar riots
A Muzaffarnagar court Friday sentenced seven to life in prison for the murder of two cousins, Gaurav and Sachin, in Kawal village in 2013....
Hindutva Driving Fascism in India, Islamophobia in the US
By Dr Shaik Ubaid
IN February 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center declared in its annual study that the number of active hate groups in...
Cow vigilantes’ beat 24-year-old cattle trader for 2 hours in Rohtak, police chain victim...
Rohtak: It was a routine day for 24-year-old Naushad Muhammad on 19 January. He was heading to sell buffaloes when he was stopped en route...
Lonavala : Muslim family from Gujarat brutally attacked , three severely injured
Lonavala : Members of a Muslim family from Vadodara were brutally attacked, women and girls molested by locals over a minor dispute with children...
The Violent Toll of Hindu Nationalism in India
By Eliza Griswold
On April 1, 2017, Irshad Khan, a slight twenty-six-year-old with glossy black hair and the faint shadow of a beard and mustache, helped...
Sohrabuddin fake encounter: How the Supreme Court ordered CBI inquiry
The Supreme Court had to directly intervene and transfer the case to the CBI because it was convinced that the Gujarat police was impeding the investigation.
Cop killed in mob violence over cow slaughter allegations in UP
Police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was killed in mob frenzy over cow carcasses found near a village in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr
‘Neo-Hindutva’: evolving forms, spaces, and expressions of Hindu nationalism
By Edward Anderson & Arkotong Longkumer
ABSTRACT
The start of this century has seen Hindu nationalism emerge as a more dominant force than ever before. Hindutva is...
Yogi Adityanath: The monk whose prayer is to sow hate
Yogi Adityanath, the “mahant” (head priest) of the Goraknath math, currently chief minister of India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, has a reputation of...
Muslim voices: Perceptions of policing in India
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Quill Foundation jointly conducted a survey across India to study how the Muslim Community perceives policing, as well...
Indian Muslims feel discriminated against by police: Survey
Respondents said they did not trust the police to protect their physical safety or rights, and in fact, felt harassed, victimised and targeted by the police based on their distinct identity
Since Babri Demolition, the Right’s ‘Hindu Rashtra’ Project Has Only Gained Strength
By Tapan Basu, Pradip Datta, Sumit Sarkar, Tanika Sarkar and Sambuddha Sen
The following excerpts from Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags: A Critique of the Hindu...
India’s Dangerous New Curriculum
By Alex Traub
From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, the Mughal Empire did much to create modern-day India. It consolidated the country into a...
