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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...

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...

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