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4 February, by Unknown
Deccan HeraldIn defence of secularism, in a time of majoritarian triumphalismI believe, secularism remains central to the constitutional “idea of India”. It is an ideal we must reclaim and restore for the sake of our society, for the sake of our democracy.Yamini AiyarLast Updated 04 February 2024It may seem like an open invitation, after the events of January 22, to the troll army, to
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3 February, by Unknown
Communal politics
Behind Allahabad High Court denying protection to inter-faith couples – UP’s anti-conversion law
The law’s demand for a ‘conversion certificate’ puts couples
at risk, precisely when they are seeking protection from threats of
violence from family members.
Ayush Tiwari
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2 February, by Unknown
https://www.bolindiabol.live/people/when-i-entered-babri-masjid-under-an-assumed-name-when-i-became-sujata-menon-for-one-nightWhen I entered Babri Masjid under an assumed name, When I became Sujata Menon for one night!Sajeda MominJan 30, 2024 It was a sunny winter afternoon on 5th December
1992 when I arrived at the Kar Seva registration booth in Ayodhya to
collect my press card for
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2 February, by Unknown
Prashant Kidambi's
"Mill, Market, Mandir, Masjid: The Geographies of Communal Conflict in Colonial Bombay, c. 1929–39"AbstractThis article reframes a crucial period in the history of popular politics in colonial Bombay. Focusing on Hindu-Muslim antagonism between 1929 and 1939, it highlights the centrality of everyday urban spaces and places in shaping the context, dynamics and nature
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2 February, by Unknown
AbstractThis
paper uncovers a hitherto unnoticed pattern of communal segregation
among establishments located in some of Delhi’s most important bazars.
It demonstrates that this pattern, emerging between 1913 and 1932, was
driven by structural features of the ways in which Delhi’s trade and
retail interacted with communal violence in the 1920s. Those features
include the dislocating effects