In Bihar, Muslims are facing increasing hostility and hatred after 2017

The state is proof that communal tension between Hindus and Muslims is not spontaneous. It thrives only because of politically engineered polarisation.

Natasha Badhwar

, 

Harsh Mander

, 

Navsharan Singh

 & 

John Dayal

· Mar 17, 2019 · 08:00 am

As India sends Rohingyas back to face certain persecution in Myanmar, every Indian is complicit

The official explanation of why India is determined not to continue to give refuge to Rohingyas has legal, constitutional and moral problems.

Harsh Mander

· Feb 04, 2019 · 08:00 am

Muzaffarnagar killings: In his new book, Harsh Mander writes on the betrayals of secular parties

‘The role of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government and of other parties that claim to be “secular” require much closer investigations.’

Harsh Mander

· Jan 14, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘We always thought ourselves as Assamese’: Tinsukia killings may have changed Assam village forever

The murder of five Hindu Bengali men by armed gunmen in Kherbari village in November has left its residents anxious.

John Dayal

 & 

Harsh Mander

· Jan 13, 2019 · 08:00 am

Opinion: Sohrabuddin Sheikh judgement betrays every principle of justice and legal procedure

The outcome throws a gloomy light on the capacity of India’s criminal justice system to secure justice for crimes in which the accused are powerful politicians.

Harsh Mander

 & 

Sarim Naved

· Dec 29, 2018 · 09:00 am

1984 anti-Sikh attacks: Congress’ choice of Kamal Nath as CM undermines its vow to fight hate

The party’s decision calls into question the sincerity of its apology in 2005 for the communal massacre.

Harsh Mander

· Dec 24, 2018 · 06:30 am

Halting the hate: In Mangaluru, a Muslim family decided to stop cycle of communal revenge killings

Restaurant owner Abdul Basheer was killed in January by men who wanted to avenge a Hindu man who had been murdered in an unrelated attack.

Harsh Mander

· Nov 30, 2018 · 08:00 am

As MP gets ready to vote, a lynching serves as a reminder of the climate of hate under BJP rule

The mob killing of Shiraz Khan in May is symbolic of the communal hate that now colours the state’s social fabric.

Harsh Mander

· Nov 28, 2018 · 07:00 am

New hate crime tracker in India finds victims are predominantly Muslims, perpetrators Hindus

The India Spend initiative has found as many as 90% of religious hate crimes since 2009 have occurred after the BJP took power at the Centre in 2014.

Harsh Mander

· Nov 13, 2018 · 06:30 am

Hashimpura: 31 years after custodial massacre of Muslims by men in uniform, justice is incomplete

The foot soldiers have been found guilty, but senior officials who ordered killings and political, police leaders who protected them, have escaped punishment.

Harsh Mander

· Nov 02, 2018 · 08:00 am

India’s deportation of seven Rohingya men to Myanmar is a profound failure of public compassion

By wilfully sending these men into conditions of genocidal violence, India has failed as a humane democracy.

Harsh Mander

· Oct 09, 2018 · 08:00 am

In Madhya Pradesh, priests attacked for singing carols bear witness to erosion of religious freedom

Forty two priests from a seminary in Satna were assaulted by Bajrang Dal workers last December and then humiliated by police.

Harsh Mander

· Sep 04, 2018 · 08:00 am