CPI (M) and fascism: history repeating itself like a farce
This article analyses how the CPI (M)'s debates around fascism are becoming a chronic historical tragedy. The chronicity in history is how Hindutva politics, which took the shape of terror…
Mubashir VP
BJP’s March to Power in Delhi
After a quarter century, the lotus has bloomed in Indraprastha. The BJP is going to come to power by capturing 48 out of 70 seats. The BJP's path to usurping…
Communal (mis)Appropriation of Ambedkar
Ambedkar as an idea of religious liberation and social equality still wields considerable sway in the political imaginations of Dalit people. This permanence of memory makes political appropriation of Ambedkar…
The Waqf Amendment Bill 2024: Reforming or Undermining a Sacred Institution?
The Indian government's proposal to amend the Waqf Act of 1995 through the Waqf Amendment Bill of 2024 has sparked a heated debate across the country. Waqf properties, which hold…
‘BK 16’: Victims of Digital Invasion of the State
Hindutva fascism grew and rose to power by abusing the facilities of formal democracy, spreading hatred under the guise of freedom of speech. The Bhima Koregaon case and the arrests…
Kalamasery Blast In Kerala Betrayed The Ugly Face of Islamophobia in Newsrooms
On Sunday, October 29, three people were killed and several others injured after an explosion occurred during a Jehovah's Witnesses conference in Kalamasery. This incident shocked Kerala terribly. But we…
Muslim Women and Personal Law in India: Debates and Struggles
There are three things that should be noted in the debates related to Muslim personal laws. First, the diversity of Muslim women's living conditions. Two, the characteristics of Islam. Third,…
BJP holds on to Gujarat fort; Congress groping in darkness; AAP rises to national challenge
The result of Gujarat election was a foregone conclusion with pundits contesting on the sweeping margins of BJP’s win. Unlike last time, Congress was missing from the field, giving space…
Those ‘perpetrators’ do not embody Muslim community
Brazen call for financial embargo against Muslims, by BJP MP Parvesh Verma, demonstrates new churn in communalism in India. He was speaking at a protest march conducted by VHP and…
Islamophobia and the Christian community in Kerala
Although there are many threads of kinship, those who study history can understand that there have been conflicts between Islam and Christianity since the beginning. Although it can be attributed to…
Backward ClassReservation after Supreme Court judgement on Maratha case: who is to gain or lose?
On May 5 Supreme Court quashed Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act (SEBC Act) of 2018, providing reservation to Maratha community in public services and educational…
Justice for Fathima Latheef: Normalisation of Islamophobic violence in Indian institutions
The institutional murder of nineteen year old Fathima Latheef at IIT Madras has once again hogged the national limelight on the oppressive nature of India’s higher educational institutions, especially technical…
Changing politics over Indian Muslim Women
Recently enacted Triple Talaq Bill is a piecemeal legislation to safeguard Muslim women’s rights regarding un-Islamic practice of marriage dissolution. While discussions are still raging over the legal propriety of…
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