Non-Muslims in Calcutta set precedent  While, Muslims across India have been organising such programmes since 2017, to counter hatred with love, to clear misconceptions related to the community, ...

The kitchen of Eden Hindu Hostel that has yet to be opened to students ostensibly because of the unavailability of a hostel superintendent  turned into a hub of action on Wednesday. Boarders lik...

Banaras Hindu University vice-chancellor Sudhir Kumar Jain was on Thursday forced to listen to warnings from ABVP members, who had surrounded his campus quarters, not to attend iftar gatherings in fut...

When Timon of Athens serves his guests with hot water and rage at his feast, he demonstrates what a feast is not. He disrupts the bonds of community, which a feast, or festival, is meant to deepen. He...

A housing society in New Town came forward to help underprivileged families with food provisions in the month of Ramazan. On Sunday, iftaar kits were given out to domestic help employed in the comple...

As we crawled our way back home in the wee hours of the morning, I had an epiphany — in Dhaka, Benjamin Franklin probably would have to reconsider one of his most famous philosophies because peo...

The recreational club of Presidency jail was the venue of an iftar on Monday that saw all 2,000-plus inmates come together as an embodiment of shared living within the four walls of a correctional hom...

Our last stop was at Dilli 6. A modern-looking shop but nevertheless crowded. I was wondering why Amir has got me here after taking me to some historical places. We settled down on a couple of plastic...

Surrounded by a string of temples, near the Nimtala crematorium on the banks of the Hooghly, stands a 274-year old mosque. The Niyamatullah Ghat Masjid was the venue of an iftar on Saturday. The get...

On Friday, a group of army veterans had moved the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team into the alleged calls for genocide against Muslims. The petitioners sa...