Long before the term, ‘love jihad’, found traction in the popular imagination, Calcuttans had woken up to a tragedy of unimaginable proportions. In September 2007, a young, enterprisi...

Thinking up smart labels for non-existent evils is a game that the Bharatiya Janata Party and its right-wing siblings are very good at. They are great believers in negative propaganda through catchy n...

The Union home ministry on Tuesday told Parliament that “no such case of ‘love jihad’ has been reported by any of the central agencies” and that the term was not defined in current laws.The ac...

The Centre on Tuesday said the term 'Love Jihad' is not defined under the extant of laws and no case related to it has been reported by any of the central agencies.Union minister of state for home G. ...

Q: In your new book, you have crunched data to show that economic deprivation and social marginalisation of Muslims in India is getting worse.A: The situation of Muslims, as far as socio-political mar...

A barrage of invective-laced tweets that targeted Hindustan Unilever Ltd for its Holi-themed Surf Excel detergent ad has found an unlikely target — the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet mobile app.The bul...

In about three months, in the middle of May, Indians will find out if Narendra Modi’s first term was a fevered interregnum or the foundation of a Second Republic. If the BJP wins a stable majority e...

It is not clear what happened in Bulandshahr. It seems from reports that some villagers in the district found either carcasses of 25 cows or segments of them in a forested area close by their locality...

Much has been written and spoken about the implications of the recent assembly election results on the electoral landscape of the country. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s defeat in its strongholds of C...

When sectarianism becomes the covert basis of policy and administration, it corrodes all spheres of life. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s enforcement of bans on cow slaughter, sales in cattle markets a...