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Subhash Gatade
Why Hindutva Loves to hate Ashoka the Great
21 Jan 2022
Ashokan lions adorn Indian currency and the Dharmachakra features in the tricolour. Neither symbol has any sanctity for the ideologues of the ruling dispensation.
S N Sahu
Backward Class ‘Revolt’ in Uttar Pradesh has Roots in Lived Reality of Yogi Rule
20 Jan 2022
First, the farmer movement’s commitment to secularism and pluralism shook the BJP. Now, the OBCs of Uttar Pradesh are reviving the social justice agenda, giving it pre-poll jitters.
Tarique Anwar
UP Elections: Temple at Altar of Communal Peace Unacceptable, Say Mathura Residents
18 Jan 2022
It is a non-issue, we won’t let it become a poll issue, say several local residents.
Kushal Choudhary, Govind Sharma
Aftermath of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor: Displaced Lives, Lost Livelihoods, and Broken Families
12 Jan 2022
The building of the corridor required vast tracts of land in the first phase itself and more than 300 houses have been taken away from permanent residents or their tenants.
Ajaz Ashraf
‘Uttarakhand’s Upper Castes Support BJP to Preserve their Domination’—CPI Leader Samar Bhandari
07 Jan 2022
Understanding why defence personnel tend to support Hindutva and the environment does not become an election issue in the hill state.
Saurav Kumar
Karnataka: Fear of Intimidation Grips Christian Community Post Anti-Conversion Law Passage
31 Dec 2021
During the wee hours of December 23, the statue of St. Antony at 150-year-old St.
Smruti Koppikar
Annus Horribilis 2021 Leaves India Frayed, but Fight Must Continue
30 Dec 2021
Our normal was bad enough with communal strife and anti-Dalit violence, but the new normal is far worse. Hate became the calling card of 2021, and India went several rounds down the spiral.
2021: Corona's Rampage, Farmers Handed the Torch, Hatred Spilled Blood
29 Dec 2021
In Khoj Khabar, senior journalist Bhasha Singh travels through the dark and bright moments of the year 2021, which has paved the path for the future of Indian democracy.
Ali Fraz Rezvi, Shivangi Pandey
Ali Ibrahim Khan and Narendra Modi: the Past and Present of Kashi Vishwanath
29 Dec 2021
The Prime Minister thanks Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar and Maharaja Ranjit Singh for being the inspiration behind the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project. However, he fails to mention the construction of…
Newsclick Report
SC Lawyers Ask CJI to Take Suo Moto Notice of Hate Speech Calling for ‘Genocide of Muslims’
27 Dec 2021
The letter reported those who gave open calls for ‘genocide of Muslims in order to achieve ethnic cleansing’, including the controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand Giri and BJP leader Ashwini…