The sudden amplification of anti-Indian hate on X (formerly twitter) from December 2024 onwards has been fuelled by far-right votaries of President elect Donald Trump opposing the H1B visa programme and amounts to a “ form of organised, systemic hatred, fanned by powerful actors.”

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Uttarakhand has become the first state in independent India to enact a comprehensive Uniform Civil Code (UCC), taking a step towards uniformity in personal laws, affecting matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption across all religions.

A free media platform that values freedoms vital to a secular democratic environment, the two mutually complementary online platforms, https://sabrangindia.in and https://peacemap.in, bring in new editorial material in attractive formats as also makes accessible over 22 years old archival material from Communalism Combat.

WHO WE ARE Through the mid 1980s until the early 1990s virulent rightwing majoritarian organisations built up the volatile communal climate which culminated in the demolition of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. This movement was spear-headed by an aggressive politics that targeted India’s minorities, both physically and through a distorted public metaphor. In […]

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Christian women leaders and community representatives have made an urgent appeal today, February 14, by email to President Draupadi Murmu highlighting the escalating persecution of Christian women across multiple states in India.

17 hours ago · The union has decided to hold a protest in front of the SIPCOT unit on February 20 and serve strike notice on February 21, if the talks scheduled on February 19 do not bring any positive outcome. Labour unrest in the Samsung India Electronics Limited (SIEL) manufacturing facility in Kancheepuram is ...

A surge in hate crimes and divisive rhetoric under the new government reveals a growing threat to Maharashtra’s secular and pluralistic identity, with minorities and marginalised communities bearing the brunt of the assault

Jan 15, 2025 · As climate change intensifies and the inadequacy of the west-driven climate response becomes clearer by the day, it is helpful for the entire effort if countries of the global south can come up with their own alternative responses which are more firmly aligned to their needs as well as special strengths. In particular it is […]