Rush Hour podcast: Muslims in Badrinath asked to offer Eid prayers 40 kilometres away

In today’s edition, Nepal’s Supreme Court has directed the country’s government to register marriages for same-sex couples, the Aam Aadmi Party and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) have expressed conditional support for a Uniform Civil Code for all Indians, and Muslims in Uttarakhand’s Badrinath have been asked to offer Eid prayers 40 kilometres away in Joshimath.

Scripted and hosted by Aena, produced and edited by Avinash Kumar.

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References:

• ‘Everyone is frightened’: Muslims in Uttarakhand’s Purola recount a campaign to hound them out
• ‘Want to live and die together’: Meet the people battling for same-sex marriage rights in India