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This list highlights key issues such as the rise of Hindutva politics, discrimination against Muslims, media representation, and incidents of hate crimes. 1. Communal Riots and Tensions India has witnessed various instances of communal violence between Hindus and Muslims, such as the Gujarat riots (2002) and the Delhi riots (2020). …

By: Asad Mirza Three events of the last week, related to jurists and the courts have restored one’s belief in the institutions and actors, who are supposed to be the guardian angels of the Indian Democracy, besides the supremacy of the rule of law and the constitution. In a notable …

Washington, D.C., January 29, 2020: India’s government has become “the enemy of the people” who are protesting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Magsaysay Award winning civil rights activist from India, Sandeep Pandey, said at a briefing at the United States Congress this week. The police have especially been targeting the …

By Asad Mirza The lead-up to the Delhi assembly elections is slowly building up. The manner, in which the ruling BJP has made it a prestige issue to win, is a pointer towards its naked lust for power and to control every state in the country by hook or by …

Shaheen Bagh women have presented a model of Gandhian Satyagraha in practice. Shaheen is a Persian origin word in Urdu, referring specifically to the Barbary falcon In Persian, Shaheen literally means ‘majestic’ or ‘like a king’. It also symbolises speed, superiority, determination, loyalty, strength, wisdom, freedom, focus, ambition and aspiration. …

by: Asad Mirza The protests against the CAA started as soon as the news that the Bill has been given Presidential Assent became public. The first protestors were students, and within five days of the start of protests from Jamia, it spread to 22 campuses across India, medical and legal …