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Siddharth Varadarajan The Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat which first gave us Narendra Modi and Amit Shah has now delivered a cartoon of such depravity and venom that it simultaneously reminds us of Nazi propaganda against the Jews and the celebratory visuals of lynchings that racists in the southern United …

(The Wire) Dehumanising language and provocative remarks characterise the orations of members of the saffron party who target not only Muslims but non-BJP voters and candidates as well.

(The Wire) Our leaders have taken India to the very edge of the abyss. My desperate hope is only that enough of us don’t shut down our conscience.

(The Wire) The understanding is that everything Hindu is Indian and cultural, while Muslim and Christian practices are not intrinsically Indian, they can never be culture, they will remain narrowly religious.

Arshi Qureshi “My son is a martyr – I am a proud father, his martyrdom will not be in vain,” said Suleiman’s father, Zahid Hussain, wiping his tears as he spoke to Maktoob. 20-year-old Suleiman was killed in police firing on 20 December, 2019 in Nehtaur, Bijnor district, one of …

Istanbul, February 17 (KMS): The Chairman of Washington-based World Forum for Peace and Justice (WFPJ), Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, has said that justice is not a vocation for the weak-hearted, whether in Palestine, Myanmar, Kashmir or elsewhere. According to Kashmir Media Service, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai addressing an international conference, …

Haider Abbas The political situation, on international horizon, is undergoing a rapid change and India has every reason to be concerned, owing to its geo-political position, as the situation India’s PM Narendra Modi created by the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on August 5, 2019, …

(The Wire) The BJP is testing the waters, especially in pockets of Hindu vote banks, by gradually raising the pitch for Hindu nationalism.

From Congress members to academics who dared to speak up about Kashmir issue, against Hindutva face harsh backlash & violent threats. Pieter Friedrich United States: When US Senator and then-presidential candidate Bernie Sanders criticized then President Donald Trump’s “failure of leadership on human rights” for having dismissed the issue of …

(The Wire) It is not the hijab but the banning of the hijab that should be scrutinised on the threshold of constitutional law and human rights norms. Remember, banning the burqa made France neither more peaceful nor secular.