Monthly Archives: August 2019
With NRC, India is testing the bounds of citizenship
NELLIE, India—On a nippy morning decades ago, a mob approached this town of small water bodies and paddy fields in the hills of the...
Why Does Hindu Diaspora In Developed Multicultural Countries Hate Minorities Back...
By Ashok Swain
India has the largest migrant population living abroad. With its increasing size, the influence of Hindu diaspora has taken a leap in...
Every third Indian policeman finds mob lynchings a ‘natural’ response to...
A new survey reveals the biases among India’s police forces.
Every third Indian police person thinks it is natural “to a large extent” or “somewhat”...
Anti-Muslim Slogans by VHP Workers Blamed for Rajasthan Stone Pelting Incident
Jaipur: Stones were allegedly pelted at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad rally while it passed through the Jama Masjid area of Gangapur city in Rajasthan’s Sawai...
Police Constable Assaulted in Gujarat Because of His ‘Muslim Identity’
A police constable was beaten on Friday evening in Vadodara city allegedly by the religious hardliners of the majority community.
Sanjay Kharat, DCP, Zone-3 of...
Police Constable Assaulted in Gujarat Because of His ‘Muslim Identity’
By Ujjawal Krishnam
Ujjawal Krishnam
24 Aug 2019
A police constable was beaten on Friday evening in Vadodara city allegedly by the religious hardliners of the majority...
Fear and uncertainty around Kashmir’s future
Last week in a controversial move, India revoked the auto-nomous status of Jammu and Kashmir, allowing India greater authority over the state’s affairs. The...
‘This is it. I’m going to die’: India’s minorities are targeted...
"It's like they are trying to erase us — erase all of my people," says Jaibuna, the widow of Pehlu Khan. The 55-year-old Muslim...
‘This Is It. I’m Going To Die’: India’s Minorities Are Targeted...
By LAUREN FRAYER
Last year, a long-distance truck driver, Mohammad Hashim, was hauling a load of refrigerators out of New Delhi when a dozen strangers...
Spate Of Lynchings Target Minorities, Especially Muslims, In India
BY LAUREN FRAYER
Mobs in India are lynching minorities. Many accuse the Hindu nationalist government of failing to forcefully condemn the violence. Activists have launched...
Kashmir’s struggle did not start in 1947 and will not end...
India's decision to revoke Article 370 is just another chapter in Kashmir's long history of imperial oppression.
‘Holy cow’ manifesto leaves economy in the lurch
The political imbroglio over cows defies economic and political logic
The dreaded phenomenon of lynching of mostly the minorities and dalits in the name of...
Kashmir is under the heel of India’s colonialism
Kashmiris are claimed in the name of democracy and further colonized in the name of development
