Communal Strife

Chaayos faces social media outrage for ‘likes’ on Islamophobic tweets

The cafe chain’s founder claimed that the account had been hacked for half an hour. But screenshots show that the activity spanned over a month.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 02, 2022 · 08:37 am
On a perilous path: India is being unmade, a lynching at a time

The core of our secular-pluralist democracy has survived mass communal violence. But it may not survive the ongoing normalisation of hate and bigotry.

Harsh Mander
· Aug 22, 2017 · 08:00 am
Two Gujarat villages boycott Dalits because they refused to pick up animal carcasses

In October, upper-caste villagers in Par have denied Dalits food, work. In February, it was the same story in Rantej.

Damayantee Dhar
· Mar 08, 2017 · 05:30 pm

UP government, police served human rights notice for Mainpuri riots

An angry mob nearly lynched two men for skinning a dead cow earlier this month, drawing widespread condemnation.

Scroll Staff
· Oct 20, 2015 · 06:00 pm