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(The Wire) It is not surprising that the Manipal Institute of Technology student's classmates kept silent as he stood up to his bigoted teacher. That is the nature of our nation today.

(The Wire) Repairing houseboats now involves paperwork and a process that can take years, say owners. This means that more houseboats are sinking every day, leaving those who have depended on them without a source of income.

Liz Shackleton Israeli director Nadav Lapid surprised audiences during his speech at the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa by criticizing the festival for including controversial Hindi-language movie The Kashmir Files in competition. While praising the quality of most of the 15 films in …

  Dilip Kumar Sharma Mohar Ali was arrested a month ago after he opened a small museum in his house in a hamlet in Goalpara district in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam. The museum, he said, was dedicated to the culture of ‘Miyas’ – Bengali-speaking Muslims in the state. …

  RAJESH RAJAGOPALAN India has undoubtedly had a successful G20 meeting at Bali. Its role in finding a middle ground between the Russia-China axis and the West has been widely applauded. Many commentators suggest that the role India played in Bali signals its rise as a new power. There is …

Teesta Setalvad Indian Parliament itself is being used to dismantle the Indian Constitution, brick by brick. Amendments and new laws are pushed through without the democratic niceties of discussion, debate and dialogue, and never mind the Parliamentary standing committees. At midnight on December 10, 2019, International Human Rights Day, Parliament …

Dr Sahibzada Muhammad Usman Since the partition of the sub-continent, Kashmir remained a disputed territory. Its history goes back to Rajas, who had ruled six hundred thirty-five princely states. Maharaja Hari Singh was the ruler of Kashmir; whether he argued on the Indian side or not, it remains a controversy. …

(Muslim Mirror) Padmavat, Lipstick under my Burqa, Tanjahi, and The Kerala Story are some of the Islamophobic movies produced in Bollywood since the BJP came to power

(The Wire) In today's India, a stereotyped image which is on the entire Muslim community, totally ignoring their diversity.

(The Wire) There is a clear pattern which suggests that incidents of hate crime against religious minorities have occurred largely in BJP-ruled states," the report by the US-based NGO CMRI adds.