Video: ‘While there is culture of fear, there is culture of courage and both are contagious’

Watch a powerful speech by actor and director Nandita Das on who inspires her in the fight against the culture of fear.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 21, 2018 · 04:05 pm

Is Bangladesh burying its secular voices?

Under Sheikh Hasina's watch, atheism has become a derogatory word worthy of brutal punishment.

Ikhtisad Ahmed

· Apr 23, 2016 · 11:30 pm

Suicide bombing in Lahore is the latest attempt to shut public spaces and silence minority voices

Minorities are increasingly facing exclusion from Pakistan's public realm; and it's not only terrorists who are responsible.

Rosita Armytage, The Conversation

· Mar 31, 2016 · 06:30 pm

Pro-Qadri protests: Pakistan cannot be a progressive state until it loses its villainous heroes

A nation that lionises Ahmad Shah Abdali and Mahmud Ghaznvi would have to be tolerant of the Taliban and assassins like Mumtaz Qadri.

Haroon Khalid

· Mar 29, 2016 · 10:30 am

Why do more Indians seem to be joining global jihadi outfits?

The authorities lack a clear narrative to counter the increasing appeal of outfits like the Islamic State.

Saikat Datta

· Jan 04, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Why Muslims in 40 UP villages scrapped traditional Muharram processions this year

Minority groups say they decided to abandon the tazia ritual to avoid the obvious provocation presented by a close associate of the RSS and VHP.

Dhirendra K Jha

· Oct 26, 2015 · 12:30 pm

The RSS is leading a systematic campaign to create a Hindu rashtra, ex-navy chief tells Modi

Full text of a letter to the prime minister and President Pranab Mukherjee from Admiral (retired) L Ramdas.

L Ramdas

· Oct 25, 2015 · 11:39 am

Bangladesh blogger's murder: Fighting for free expression in an age of death squads

How can free thought, science, and humanism in Bangladesh best be defended? What should you do when you know that the state cannot protect you?

Mahmud Rahman

· Aug 07, 2015 · 09:00 pm

Terror attacks on France and Tunisia are not just a security issue

As basic freedoms are assaulted, governments should fight extremists by strengthening rights, not diluting them.

Rosa Freedman, The Conversation

· Jun 27, 2015 · 06:00 pm

Pictures: Pakistani students create poignant artwork about Peshawar school attack

Karachi students hope to shake people out of their indifference to violence with their posters.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 11, 2015 · 04:30 pm

1984, 1989, 2002: Three narratives of injustice, and the lessons for democracy

Why do we keep putting power in the hands of politicians who encourage divisive propaganda, asked the prominent journalist in the XXVII Zakir Husain Memorial Lecture he delivered on February 24.

Siddharth Varadarajan

· Feb 27, 2015 · 08:00 am

Comedy video: Happy victims of Hindu Mahasabha's forced Valentine's Day marriages share their stories

Meanwhile, playful Delhi youth hope to rattle the Hindutva outfit by actually taking up its offer.

Mayank Jain

· Feb 13, 2015 · 02:12 pm