Babri Masjid Demolition: The Rehearsal Nobody Talks About
A rehearsal was carried out for the demolition of Babri Masjid on 5th December, 1992, just a day before the destruction, half a kilometre away from the mosque. It was...
A 100 years of RSS and its Friendship with the Congress
On October 1, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) celebrated its centenary with rallies across at least five states, including Karnataka. While citizens, workers, and students face denial of permission for...
Keezhadi: The Buried Truth
There's no such thing as the 'voiceless.' There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard. - Arundhati Roy For decades, the instilled memory of Indian history has been...
The ‘Holy Cow’: Politics and Profits
Cow Vigilantes Raided Muslim Homes, Lynched A Man & Tortured A Minor - Article 14, 2024 India Emerges as Second Largest Beef Exporter in the World - The Wire, 2024...
Chains in the Mind: On Indian Muslims and the Performance of Loyalty
In this country, obedience is not enough. The Muslim in India today is not just told to survive — he’s told to smile while doing it, apologize while being attacked,...
The Long-buried secrets of Dharmasthala
For a long time the powerful Manjunatha temple of Dharmasthala has been at the centre of crimes and controversies. In the first week of July a former sanitation worker from...
NCERT Textbook Revisions: Learning through a Saffron Lens
History is the raw material for nationalist or ethnic or fundamentalist ideologies, as poppies are the raw material for heroin addiction. The past is an essential element, perhaps the essential...
Triple Language Policy: The Lakshadweep Chapter
On 30th May 2025, the people of Minicoy, the southernmost island of the Lakshadweep Archipelago, took to the streets in protest against the imposition of Hindi as a mandatory language...
Pahalgam: Tragedy Turned into an Election Gimmick by the BJP
Time and again, when a crisis or elections loom, the BJP government shifts focus to headline-worthy achievements. Over a month after 26 people lost their lives in the Pahalgam terror...
The Complicity of Mainstream Media and Cinema in the Rise of Islamophobic Sentiments Across India
Islamophobia refers to feelings of fear and hostility, originating in racist ideas, that results in discrimination, exclusion, and violence against Muslims and those perceived as Muslim. In the words of...