In Maharashtra, majoritarian Hindutva mobs are whipping up the communal cauldron. Photoshopped images, doctored videos and rumours are enough to set them off, resulting in the loss of Muslim lives and property.
How was this carnage reduced to an event that seems to hold little significance in the public memory today? The answer may lie at the nexus of questionable political decisions, an ineffective legal system, an indifferent media and the lack of political representation for Bengali Muslims in Assam.
Hyderabad: HMDA official seeks action against Bajrang Dal members for attack on church
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority official filed a complaint on February 14, a day after the Dalit Christian church was attacked by a mob of 200 Bajrang Dal members from various dominant castes.
Why the police investigation into Mira Road violence has left Muslims with little hope of justice
A Scroll analysis of FIRs found arrests and stringent charges in cases where Muslims are accused. Hindus accused of violence face charges that are far milder.
Advani’s bitter legacy 25 years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid
Advani’s yatra of 1990 was aimed explicitly at pitting one group of Indians against another. He has been, without question, the most divisive politician in the history of independent India. Ramachandra Guha writes. (Article from December 2017)
The Beneficiaries Of The Tinderbox Toolkit Used By Hindu Nationalists In The Mumbai Suburb of Mira-Bhayander
Three times during Ramzan in 2023, provocation of Muslims in Mira-Bhayander failed to yield a riot. Helped along by Hindutva pop songs, Hindu nationalist influencers, godmen, disinformation on social media—and a virulent new avatar of the local BJP legislator—the carefully constructed powder keg of Mira Road only needed a spark.
'Police Didn't Stop the Mob': Shopkeepers, Injured Recount Hindutva Violence at Mumbai's Mira Road
Coinciding with the consecration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, around 300 young men descended on the Mumbai's neighbourhood and attacked shops that had a seemingly Muslim name and even others that did not hoist a saffron flag outside their establishments.
Australia's High Commissioner to India Remembers Graham Staines' 'Selfless Work' in India
"This week marks the 25th anniversary of the deaths of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his sons in east India in 1999. We remember Graham’s selfless work with leprosy patients there," Green said.
Hyderabad cops halt screening of Ram Ke Naam, arrest three movie club members
The screening was halted after a complaint by a VHP activist. The complainant also stated that he found a few “men with beards” at the screening, which made him suspicious.
India Is Unveiling Its Controversial Temple of Ram. Here’s What to Know
A decades-long flashpoint in India’s sectarian politics is poised to reach a climax next week. The Ram Mandir, a Hindu temple, will be consecrated Jan 22 on a contested holy site once home to a mosque in India’s northern city of Ayodhya.
'City on Fire' is a rare visceral portrait of how everyday violence and hate become a part of our lives and consciousness; a society where name and clothes mark out a person as the ‘other’.
Karnataka: Sec 144 imposed in Shivamogga after stone pelting during Eid Milad procession; 40 arrested
Earlier in the same day, Muslim residents of Ragi Gudda had protested against the police after a portion of a cutout displayed to mark the Eid Milad procession was covered.