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Polynomial Politics: Imagining India as a Country Led by Lower Castes
This article is a review of the book Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics by Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan, edited by Maël Montévil, published in April 2024.
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“It’s a trap”: Why Bengali Hindus in Assam are opting out of Citizenship through CAA
Forty-three-year-old Montu Das was happy after the Indian government announced the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules on March...
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Kerala: Church justifies screening of Adult film ‘The Kerala Story’ for minors; reignites Islamophobic bogey ‘Love Jihad’
Protests surrounding the Hindutva propaganda movie, 'The Kerala Story', resurfaced after the movie was screened by a church,...
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34 crore blood money: Thousands join fundraiser to save Kerala man from death row in Saudi
Thousands have joined a Mother in Kerala’s Kozhikode in a last bid to save her son from being...
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Analysing dip in Academic Freedom Index: Who takes the deepest plunge?
Dr. Shirin Akhter, Dr. Vijender Singh Chauhan
The recent revelation on the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) shows that academic...
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Mewat lynching: Slain Muslim man booked for cow slaughter, Police refuses to file FIR against Bajrang Dal
Neighbours have poured in to console the family of 22-year-old Waris Khan who succumbed to his injuries on 28 January, leaving behind a three-month-old daughter. An unbearable grief has struck Hussainpur, a village in Haryana’s Nuh district.
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“New life,” says Kashmiri journalist released from jail after 14 months
After nine months in jail, Kashmiri photojournalist Mohd Manan Dar was allowed to stay with his brother, Hilal Ahmad Dar, who was until then lodged in another ward of New Delhi's Tihar jail. The brothers were arrested under terror charges in October 2021 in a militancy-related case probed by National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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Karnataka girl wins prize in Kerala State Festival after switching school due to hijab ban
Afeefa, Muslim girl in Karnataka who was forced to drop out of school after hijab ban in the state bagged A grade in Kannada elocution at the Kerala State School Arts Festival.
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Mohd Alam, cab driver accused in Hathras UAPA case, walks out of jail after 823 days
After over two years of being incarcerated in the Hathras conspiracy case, Mohammad Alam, 31, walked out of Lucknow jail on Thursday, 5 January, Advocate Sheeran Alavi confirmed to Maktoob.
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“Being a Muslim itself is a crime in present-day India”: Memoir of an NIA raid
“Following the ban of the organisation, I always have this intuition that a raid might soon happen at our house too. Never in my dreams, I thought that today would be the day,” Anvar said.
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‘Disappeared’: The long wait for cursed Kunan-Poshpora family
Khera Begum was one of the twenty-three women who was raped by Army men that night in Kunan. Three decades later, the lightning struck Begum again when the army personnel interrupted the family’s dinner with sharp knocks on 15 December. They inquired about Begum’s 27-year-old son, Abdul Rashid Dar.
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Video: How did Okhla become the largest segregated Muslim enclave in Delhi?
Sneha Richhariya, Sejal Patel, Tej Prakash, Faizah Ayyub Mir
Close to 7 Lakh people live in Okhla, a Muslim-majority residential area in South Delhi. Densely populated residential apartments, decaying and...
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Combatting Misrepresentations; How Qatar focused on showcasing its Islamic Culture during World Cup
“I am leaving this place with better understanding and further curiosity of what Islam is,” said Drea Solis, a football fan from California.
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From being called “terrorist” to “member-elect”; Nabeela Syed speaks
Nabeela Syed, A 23-year-old Indian-American Muslim woman, has made history and left people baffled after becoming a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, the youngest ever to run...
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Minorities upset by housing apartheid in Indian cities
“I opted to rent a house in Noida, it was a renowned society. The owner had no issues in accepting me as the tenant but the society secretary and...
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“We cast our vote because…”: People of Jahangirpuri on MCD poll day
Muslims living in the G-block majorly spoke in favour of AAP while Hindu residents of the A-block showed support for either Congress or BJP on MCD poll day.
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Policing, militancy, growing Hindutva violence; Why is anti-civilian violence rising in India?
The German military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz said “War is nothing but the continuation of policy by other means” in his famous work “On War” published around 1832. As...
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