Religion is a faith in human mind. It teaches us the purpose of life, discipline our body and groom our soul. A prayer from each heart is very deep and full of hope. The chief and sole motto of every religion is ‘God is one and adores mankind’. A religious brotherhood and spread of affection...
“My mother has been asking me about detention centers,” my friend recently told me on the phone. “She has been very worried.” My first reaction was shame. She is Muslim and I am Hindu. That never meant anything to us when we first met, studied together and hung out in New York. When her mother...
In 2019, religious freedom conditions in India experienced a drastic turn downward, with religious minorities under increasing assault. Following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) re-election in May, the national government used its strengthened parliamentary majority to institute national level policies violating religious freedom across India, especially for Muslims. The national government allowed violence against minorities...
We, the alliances and coordinations of movements and organisations named below, have been opposed to the Union Government’s attempt to introduce a new citizenship regime through Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) and the allied National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC). We believe that these are divisive, discriminatory, against the letter...
“Shoot the traitors!” A cry raised by a group of young men, dressed in saffron, the color of the Hindu right, at a metro station in Delhi on February 29, 2020, following massified violence targeting Muslims. The Hindu right’s popular victory in the 2019 elections signaled the reign of majoritarian fascists in India today. The...
All census questions must be answered. However NPR questions by all citizens who are willing to be satyagrahis must not be answered in an act of civil disobedience. If millions across the country refuse to answer the NPR questions and do not pay the fine and are willing to go to prison, the government will...
Since the Shaheen Bagh protests started, the road from Jamia to Noida has been closed by the Delhi police. Now, it was reopened when media reports have questioned the roadblocks by the police that have obstructed alternative routes in the area. The closure of the road had been a major point of contention against the...
A consultative meeting of leaders belonging to various religious, social and political groups held at Constitution Club, New Delhi on 13th January 2020 has discussed the status of on-going agitation across India against CAA-NRC-NPR and decided to launch Samvidhan Suraksha Andolan (Movement for the Protection of Constitution) to support and strengthen people’s protests for their...
Protest have been going on for over a month in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh against the citizenship amendment, due to which the road of Sarita Vihar and Kalindi Kunj has been almost closed for a month. Changes in route have been made which still are causing people’s problems. The Delhi Police has once again appealed to...
Sikandar Azam Once again, 102,462 people have to prove their citizenship credential in Assam as per the newly released National Register of Citizenship (NRC) draft. For poor common people, it is very difficult to waste entire day for the same work. The prime question is why enough scrutiny was not done by officials at the...