On July 31, 2023 communal violence erupted in Nuh, a predominantly Muslim district, and soon spilled over to parts of Gurgaon, Sohna, Badshahpur and Pawal areas in Haryana. The violence erupted after a religious procession – Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra – organised by Vishwa Hindu Parishad and its youth wing, the Bajrang Dal, was allegedly […]
Groundxero | 8 August, 2023 Nearly 20 current and retired faculty members at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore wrote an open letter in their personal capacity to the leaders of corporate India, appealing them to stop funding any and all news and social media organizations that publicly air hateful or genocidal content against […]
Muslims are responsible for the steep rise in prices of vegetables in Assam. Yes, you read it right. Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Chief Minister of Assam, said that the prices of vegetables are witnessing a surge because most of the sellers of vegetables are from the ‘Miya’ Muslim community. A report by Tarak Mehta. […]
Groundxero | 11 July, 2023 The Supreme Court on 10 July, 2023, has sought responses from the Centre and State Governments to file a detailed status report on what they have done so far to punish lynchings, mostly spurred by communal hate, in accordance with its judgment dated 17 July, 2018 in Tehseen Poonawala […]
A multi-layered discriminatory public campaign led by certain groups such as Bajrang Dal, VHP for the last few months and continuing till date have been systematically targeting the Muslim community in Uttarakhand. During the course of these campaign they has used terms like “Vyapar Jihad” (Business Jihad), “Love Jihad,” and “Land Jihad” to instigate fear […]
While the USA media, senators and Obama need to be reminded that the imperialist USA state is the largest violator of human rights worldwide and need to be bluntly told that those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones on other’s windows, the fact is that the ‘Hussains’ in India are not safe; the […]
Groundxero | 14 June, 2023 A multi-layered discriminatory public campaign led by certain groups such as Bajrang Dal, VHP for the last few months in Uttarakhand and continuing till date have been systematically targeting the Muslim community. During the course of these campaign the groups has used terms like “Vyapar Jihad” (Business Jihad), “Love […]
“এ রিপোর্ট বাই সিটিজেন অ্যান্ড লইয়ার্স ইনিশিয়েটিভ, রুটস অফ রথ্ (Routes of Wrath), ওয়েপনাইজিং রিলিজিয়াস প্রসেশন, কমিউনাল ভায়োলেন্স ডিউরিং রামনবমী অ্যান্ড হনুমান জয়ন্তী (এপ্রিল ২০২২)” শীর্ষক এই রিপোর্টে বিস্তারিত ভাবে তুলে ধরা হয়েছে কীভাবে দাঙ্গা বাঁধে, বলা যাক বাঁধানো হয়; দাঙ্গার নেপথ্যভূমি কী, পুলিশ-প্রশাসনই-বা কী ভূমিকা নেয়, কারা ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হয় সবচেয়ে বেশি আর মিডিয়াই-বা কী […]
এ রাজ্যে সামনেই পঞ্চায়েত ভোট, ২০২৪ সালে দেশে লোকসভা ভোট। ২০২৩ সালে এ রাজ্যে বিজেপি-আরএসএসের হাজারেরও বেশি রামনবমী যাত্রার আয়োজন যে হিন্দু ভোটকে সংহত করার লক্ষ্যে সে বিষয়ে সন্দেহ নেই। তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস যেন সেই রাজনীতির অঙ্ককেই শিরোধার্য করে ঘৃণার যাত্রাপথের পথিক হয়ে উঠেছে। এই দুই শাসক দলের উচ্চাকাঙ্ক্ষার ফলেই কি এ রাজ্যে রামনবমী রক্তাক্ত হয়ে […]
Protests by RSS student wing ABVP have forced Ravenshaw University in Cuttack to drop from its ongoing film festival two documentaries, one of them Shabnam Virmani’s ‘Had Anhad’ on Kabir and his views about Ram and the other Debalina Majumder’s ‘Gay India Matrimony’ on samesex marriage. It is learnt that once the organisers of the […]
A report by Mohit Ranadip and Subha Protim. On 25th, 29th and 30th March of 2022, we went to North-east Delhi’s Shiv Vihar, on behalf of Aamra Ek Sachetan Prayas. We wanted to interact and converse with riot-victims of Delhi, who were at the receiving end of the ghastly riot that happened in February […]
In the wake of alarming developments in India, senior journalists and media persons from all over India, have issued this Collective Appeal to all Constitutional Institutions in India. The names of all signatories are listed at the end of the appeal. March 23, 2022 Wednesday An Appeal to India’s Constitutional Institutions As […]
Supreme Court Must Stay Karnataka HC Verdict Which Will Result In Exclusion Of Hijab wearing Muslim Girls From Accessing Education 15th March 2022 The Karnataka High Court in its order today has held that wearing of hijab is not essential to the practice of Islam; that College Development Committees (CDCs) have a right […]
The Anti-Conversion law, ironically officially called Freedom of Religion Act, has become a justification for the persecution of the minorities and other marginalized identities. The attacks on the minorities grew sharply in recent years since this law was used as a weapon targeting the dignity of Christians and Muslims particularly belonging to Adivais, Dalits and women. New […]
In the recent years, much of Hindutva politics has revolved around what might be termed as a kind of “culinary fascism.” Such forms of culinary fascism manifest itself often through prohibitions around food, the most horrific examples of which are the instances of lynching of Muslim men, often committed through a criminalization of beef consumption, […]