As Khargone smoulders, a former civil servant recalls the Ram temple riots in the...
By Harsh Mander / Scroll
The storm clouds had gathered over the country with terrifying speed. It was the autumn of 1989. In a few...
‘They Burnt My Parents Alive’: Gujarat Riots Still Haunt Victims
By Tarushi Aswani / The Diplomat
On another quiet and sweltering hot afternoon in Vaktapur, a small hamlet 55 miles away from Gujarat’s largest city,...
Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History
By Arundhati Roy / Lit Hub
This lecture was delivered by Arundhati Roy, author of the recently published Azadi: Fascism, Fiction, and Freedom in the Time of...
Dalit Man Forced To Rub Nose In His Own Spit After He Refused A...
By Isha Sharma / India Times
A Dalit man was forced to rub his nose in his spit after allegedly turning down a temple donation...
VHP calls Jamiat a terror-funding organisation, Muslim outfit dares it to present proof
Hitting out at the Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind for its stand against an anti-encroachment drive in violence-hit Jahangirpuri, the VHP on Thursday called it a "terror...
BJP controlled Muncipal Corporation demolishes Muslim houses
When they started demolishing Muslims' houses, they shut the gates and locked residents into lanes.
Hindu extremists threaten violence against Muslims
A local resident says that members of Hindu extremist outfit were repeatedly saying that they will cut Muslims.
AAP backs BJP’s hate campaign “Rohingyas, Bangladeshi illegal migrants behind riot”
Aam Admi Party seemed to back the hate campaign of BJP that the “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingyas” were behind the communal violence in...
Jahangirpuri Communal Violence Result Of “Police Inaction”, A “Planned Conspiracy”: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
NEW DELHI—Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has said that the Jahangirpuri communal violence is a result of “police inaction” and an “outcome of a planned conspiracy”.
The...
‘No one listened’: Jahangirpuri residents cry after bulldozers raze ‘illegal’ shops & structures
By BISMEE TASKIN / The Print
New Delhi: Accompanied by hundreds of police personnel, officials of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation demolished shops, temporary structures and...
Religious clashes across India spark fears of further violence
By Gerry Shih and Anant Gupta / Washington Post
NEW DELHI — For hours on Saturday, revelers celebrating the Hindu god Hanuman had wound their way...
No Eid for Hussain as Bulldozers Crush Livelihood in Jahangirpuri
By Ravi Kaushal / News Click
Jahangirpuri wears a drastically different look. A few days after the communal violence on Hanuman Jayanti on April 16,...
