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Communalism
Watch | Jantar Mantar Protest: Hindus Must Speak Up Against the Politics of Hate
By Sumedha Pal / The Wire
Students, artists, teachers and common citizens of different sections of Delhi gathered at Jantar Mantar on April 16 against...
Muslims
‘One Sided Attempt to Target Muslims’: Jahangirpuri Residents Angered by Demolition Drive
By Sumedha Pal / The Wire
New Delhi: Several Muslim residents of Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Wednesday called the “anti-encroachment” drive in which 20 shops were...
Muslims
Inspired by ‘Kashmir Files’, Hindutva Workers Threaten to Remove Muslims From Roorkee Village
By Sumedha Pal / The Wire
Roorkee (Uttarakhand): Dada Jalalpur is a hamlet in Roorkee’s Bhagwanpur region. On April 16, violence broke out here after a Hanuman Jayanti...
Muslims
Watch | Is the Violence in Rajasthan’s Karauli an Attempt to Target Muslims?
By Sumedha Pal / The Wire
Clashes broke out in Rajasthan’s Karauli on Monday, April 4, when Hindu right-wing organisations took out a procession through...
Hindutva
Journalists ‘Attacked’ During Burari Hindu Mahapanchayat, Where Anti-Muslim Speeches Were Made
By Nikita Jain and Sumedha Pal / The Wire
New Delhi: During the Hindu Mahapanchyat event organised on Burari grounds on Sunday (April 3), five journalists,...
Dalits/Tribals
‘We Haven’t Eaten for Days’: Family of Dalit Man Lynched ‘by Jat Mob’ in Hisar
By Sumedha Pal and Yaqut Ali
Hisar (Haryana): A 40-year-old Dalit man was allegedly lynched and two of his cousins were severely injured by 17 men...
Weaponizing Citizenship
Watch | CAA Protest: Two Years Later, Shaheen Bagh Remains Significant
By Sumedha Pal
In an effort to show solidarity, the Pragtisheel Mahila Sangathan, the National Federation for Women, and the Commission on the Status of...
Communalism
Watch | As Communal Politics Grips Mathura, What Do People Think?
By Yaqut Ali and Sumedha Pal
Amid rightwing threats surrounding a ‘Jal Abhishek’ at the Krishna Janmbhoomi site at Mathura, The Wire speaks to locals...
Communalism
Watch | Heavy Police Presence in Mathura Over Threats by Hindutva Groups
By Yaqut Ali and Sumedha Pal
Tense atmosphere prevailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura on Thursday, December 6, on the anniversary of Babri Masjid’s demolition. Right-wing...