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Sajjad Hassan
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Why is the 2024 Congress manifesto silent on pushing back against majoritarianism? History has clues
The party has a bloodied track record on minority rights, dissent and democracy, an approach that the BJP has weaponised in consolidating its dominance today.
Sajjad Hassan
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
Could a third term under Narendra Modi see the formalising of second-class status for minorities and the destruction of the country’s ancient composite culture?
Sajjad Hassan
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Arms, ethnic domination, choking dissent: Why India is embracing the Israel model
From refusing to recognise Israel to making Tel Aviv a key ally, India’s trajectory reflects a questioning of its very foundations.
Sajjad Hassan
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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In the shadow of Partition, state-sanctioned atrocities aimed to wipe out Meo Muslims in Mewat
The riots in Nuh in August show how lasting impunity to Hindu nationalist networks patronised by the princely states of Alwar and Bharatpur sustains violence.
Sajjad Hassan
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The forgotten massacre of Jammu Muslims in 1947 set a template of impunity and violence
State troopers as well Hindus and Sikhs fleeing the violence of Partition have been accused of mass atrocities in the former princely state under Hari Singh.
Sajjad Hassan
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Why India must undo its long silence over the massacre of Muslims after Hyderabad integration in ’48
The atrocities against Muslims after the Nizam’s rule was ended 75 years ago set the template for mass violence in India in the years to come.
Sajjad Hassan
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations