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  Shaheen Abdulla Following a large scale of anti-Muslim violence in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone, authorities have begun demolishing houses and shops belonging to Muslims on Monday in Chandini Chowk and Khaskhaswadi Mohalla area, Maktoob has learnt from a local source. Visuals of bulldozers razing down houses with police escorts have …

Humra Quraishi I do realize that Eid-ul-Fitr is about three weeks away but seeing the ongoing onslaught on the Muslim community by the political rulers of the day, I’m not too certain how many amongst us will be in that mood to celebrate this upcoming Eid. Perhaps, we have to …

(The Wire) While countries around the world have criminalised hate speech, in India it is being spewed by elected officials.

Humayun Aziz Sandeela Ever since, his re-election in 2019, Narendra Modi has upped the ante on the Hindu majoritarian philosophy of making India a Hindu state and emboldened by tirades of the Hindu first view of Bharatiya Janata Party, the arm’s length vigilante groups attached to India’s ruling party play …

(Scroll.in) During the pandemic, political and religious rhetoric inspired many in the country to liberally use cow dung and urine to prevent or treat Covid-19.

(Scroll.in) Private celebrations of the nine-day festival are giving way to public assertion by Hindutva groups.

(The Wire) Minority communities have come under attack in Karnataka even during the BJP's earlier spells in power; the difference this time around is the open and articulated support provided to these elements by the BJP government.

(The Print) Slowly but surely, the narrative is moving away from Hindu victimhood to Hindu Triumphalism.

(Scroll.in) An overall creation of a rote learning system is a worldview that has a poor understanding of social and political issues.

(The Wire) Muslim bashing is a winning formula in elections and won't disappear anytime soon.