Why the West is reckoning with caste bias now
By Meryl SebastianBBC News, Delh iPublished1 hour ago The US states of Colorado and Michigan recently declared 14 April as Dr BR Ambedkar Equity Day. Days before that, Canada’s British […]
Jahangirpuri violence: Arvind Kejriwal accused of not standing up for Muslims
Published 3 hours ago bbc.com Related Topics Delhi riots Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s stand on recent religious violence in India’s capital and the subsequent police crackdown on Muslims may […]
Protesters in Delhi say Muslims targeted after religious clashes
1 / 3 A view of a placard as citizens shout slogans during a peace vigil organised by citizens against what they say is rise in hate crimes and violence against […]
India: 50% Hindus will convert to Islam if a Muslim becomes PM, says rabble-rouser priest
NEW DELHI: Notorious for making intemperate remarks against Muslims, Yati Narsinghanand, the head priest of the Dasna Devi temple, stoked yet another controversy on Sunday with his comment that “50 per […]
Why India Must Remember its First Muslim Jurist
HISTORY The first Muslim judge of a high court in colonial times, Syed Mahmood’s professional conduct offers a counterpoint to the declining standards in Indian judiciary. MOHAMMAD SAJJAD AND MD ZEESHAN AHMAD·APRIL […]
Explained: Why Muslim vendors are being banned from Karnataka temple fairs
The BJP government in Karnataka has justified the restrictions on Muslim traders at temple fairs by stating that non-Hindus are barred from having stores in temple premises as per a […]
Tipu Sultan: Painting of British defeat in India sold at auction
By Aparna AlluriBBC News, Delhi Published22 hours ago A painting capturing the momentous victory in battle of Indian rulers over British East India Company troops in 1780 has sold at […]
India court upholds Karnataka state’s ban on hijab, says it is not essential to Islam
Dawn: India court upholds Karnataka state’s ban on hijab, says it is not essential to Islam Reuters | AP Published March 15, 2022 An Indian court on Tuesday upheld a ban on the […]
Uttar Pradesh elections: ‘We Muslims are treated like the sacrificial goat’
By Geeta PandeyBBC News, Uttar PradeshPublished10 hours agoShare IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGESImage caption, There are 40 million Muslims in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh In mid-August last year, a Hindu […]
Karnataka: ‘Wearing hijab is my right and you can’t take it away’
By Zoya MateenBBC News, Delhi Nabeela Shaikh was 30 when she started wearing the hijab. She was the last of three sisters to take to it. The eldest, Muzna, first […]
Indian Muslim victims of hate crimes live in fear
Published1 hour ago As Uttar Pradesh, one of India’s most polarised states, votes for a new government, the spotlight is on its 40 million Muslims. BBC Hindi’s Kirti Dubey tracked […]
The amateur historians chronicling Delhi’s past on Instagram
By Zoya MateenBBC News, Delhi Published1 day agoShare https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.44.11/iframe.htmlMedia caption, The amateur historians discovering their city on Instagram Umair Shah was seven when he had his first brush with history. […]
India: Malala weighs into Karnataka hijab row
Published1 hour ago bbc.com Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has spoken out in support of six Indian students fighting for their right to wear the hijab in class. The […]
Outrage after hijab-wearing woman heckled by Hindu mob in India
Authorities shut educational institutions after protests over the ban on hijab intensifies in southern Karnataka state. Published On 8 Feb 2022 A video posted on Twitter showing a hijab-wearing Muslim […]
India shuts schools after hijab ban protests intensify
BY FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP UDIPI, INDIA FEB 08, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Indian student activists from Muslim Students Federation (MSF) hold placards during a protest against hijab (headscarf) restriction, […]
Life In A ‘Safe House’: Runaway Couples Stuck Between Love Jihad And Honour Killings
Persecuted and vilified, inter-faith and inter-caste couples in India have no place to call home. They have little choice, but to seek shelter at the ‘safe houses’ that too are far from safe. They are the invisible — doomed to live their lives in hiding Rakhi Bose UPDATED: 03 FEB […]
Nathuram Godse: The mystery surrounding Mahatma Gandhi’s killer
Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Published1 day ago bbc.com On the evening of 30 January 1948, Nathuram Vinayak Godse shot Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi dead at point-blank range as India’s most venerated leader […]
India’s Hindu extremists are calling for genocide against Muslims. Why is little being done to stop them?
By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN Jan 14, 2022 1 of 5 Thousands of people gather to mark protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act law in Delhi, India, on January […]
INDIA. Police probe video of Chhattisgarh villagers’ ‘oath’ to boycott Muslims, say ‘they accept mistake’
Surguja IG and SP say viral video related to clash between Hindu, Muslim boys in Kundikala village earlier this month, investigation is in its ‘concluding stage’. UNNATI SHARMA7 January, 2022 […]
Indian taxi driver’s ‘dress bank’ saves poor brides from financial ruin
Previous 1 / 2Nasar Tootha folds a bridal gown at his “dress bank” in Thootha village, Malappuram district in India’s southern Kerala state. (Photo courtesy: Nasar Tootha) 2 / 2Nasira Banu wears a bridal dress […]