Kochi, April 6, 2019: Minorities in India are raising their voice against the saffron forces, as direct and veiled threats to them appear to surface in the form of speeches and tweets. While the Indian Union Muslim League, recognized by the Election Commission of India as a state party inContinue Reading
By Annie Gowen Ayodhya — The mob of Hindu fundamentalists brought down the mosque in just a few hours, using pick axes, rope and their bloody, bare hands. Dust swirled above the rubble, smoke from nearby torched homes soured the air, and 16 Muslims lay dead, the first of aboutContinue Reading
Varanasi: The Uttar Pradesh government on September 25 removed three additional city magistrates and two policemen in connection with a crackdown on students in the Banaras Hindu University two days ago. Station Officer of Lanka Police Station Rajiv Singh has been sent to police lines while the Circle Officer ofContinue Reading
By Vidhi Doshi Kozhikode: As soon as the evening call to prayer sounded over Kozhikode, a line formed along the esplanade. Volunteers started heaping food onto plates, cautious to keep the beef-to-rice ratio low, making sure there was enough to go around. One man took out his smartphone to filmContinue Reading
Bhadohi: Activists allegedly belonging to the right-wing Hindu Yuva Vahini (HVY), founded by Yogi Adityanath, on May 19 created ruckus at Aurai in this district of Uttar Pradesh over “forcible conversion” of Dalits. The activists reached a newly constructed house in Tiuri village that was being used as church andContinue Reading
By: Mohit Dubey Lucknow: In Uttar Pradesh, every change in government inevitably comes with a change in — well, colour. And in “Yogi Raj” the colour is assertively saffron: From jackets, saris and turbans to upholstery, towels and even microphone wires wrapped in saffron cloth. Ministers and legislators in theContinue Reading
Chhotebhai Last week the Prime Minister dramatically announced that red beacons would be removed from the cars of netas and babus. The gullible junta applauded. What the PM did not say was whether the hooters/ sirens on these vehicles and their escorts, with which they cut a swathe through denseContinue Reading
There should be no holidays in schools on birth anniversaries of great personalitiesContinue Reading
After an Indian politician linked to right-wing Hindu nationalist movements recently claimed that Mother Teresa was trying to “Christianize” India, Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil fired back, telling Crux those “rash comments” are not only untrue, they risk demeaning the “great religion” of Hinduism they purport to represent. An Indian archbishop hasContinue Reading