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The Mewat Biryani raids have permanently damaged livelihoods of poor Muslims – Harsh Mander
Four out of five residents of the district are Muslims. Outside Jammu and Kashmir, Mewat has the highest ratio of Muslim residents except Dhubri in Assam.
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India owes Ankit Saxena’s father a debt of gratitude for refusing to communalise his son’s murder – Harsh Mander
By affirming that he bore Muslims no ill will, Yashpal Saxena, whose only son Ankit Saxena was murdered by the family of the Muslim girl he loved, demolished one of the most widely used rationalisations for communal hatred
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4 years of Modi: Minorities have become second-class citizens – Harsh Mander
A fearsome climate against Dalits, Adivasis, Christians, Muslims has been mounted by hate speech, threats and assaults.
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Bengali & Muslim: What Next For Assam’s Forever Foreigners In Modi’s India? – Harsh Mander
The fate of four million Bengali speaking people in India’s large north-eastern state of Assam today hangs in perilous balance. Their names have been left out of the penultimate draft of the National Citizens Register. This means that if they are unable to prove their Indian citizenship in the last chance they will get for this – with only one month to file their claims...
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One morning, returning from visiting his sister, an 80-year-old Muslim man was lynched in Sitamarhi – Harsh Mander
Rumours had swirled about a Durga idol being damaged by a stone hurled from a mosque. Zainul Ansari paid the price.
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Where Are India’s Dissenting Hindus? – Harsh Mander
In these troubled times, the world’s two largest democracies – India and the US – are increasingly becoming hostile, threatening places for people with Muslim names.
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Can Mayawati stop the BJP-RSS rath in Uttar Pradesh? – Harsh Mander
If indeed the Dalit and Muslim voters across UP heed Mayawati’s call, it…
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Unlike America – Harsh Mander
A politics of hate, however powerful, can never triumph if people defy attempts to divide them with bigotry and fear.
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One year on, Modi has battered many constitutional principles – but the biggest victim is fraternity – Harsh Mander
The centrality of fraternity in nurturing and sustaining democracy is one of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s many profound insights. The word used in the Constitution in Hindi is bandhuta, which vividly evokes ideas of comradeship and mutual belonging.
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Gujarat riots victim Bilkis Bano’s hard-fought victory holds out hope at a time of fear and hate – Harsh Mander
The epic, heroic legal battle fought by the barely lettered wife of a small Gujarati cattle trader has caught the imagination of many in the country. The judgement of the Bombay High Court on Thursday – which upheld the life sentence awarded to 11 men convicted by a lower court of raping her and killing 14 members of her family...
2026-07-05