Promoting Amity in the Times of Hate
Last month has seen a series of incidents which are very disturbing, to say the least. They have been promoting hatred, promoting misogyny, targeting Muslim women and abusing the ‘Father…
Dharma Sansad Haridwar
Rule of Law Vs Rule of Laws
There is now a real hunt for coining ever new terms for new upsetting phenomena in society and politics,such as finer terms to denote different degrees of authoritarianism in stead…
Is The Nation In Crisis?
At the Dharam Sansad conducted at Haridwar, December 17-19, 2021, by Hindu sants and seers, there were calls for killing Muslims to cleanse Indian society. These are calls for genocide.…
Right-Wing Hate Speech Runs Rampant in India’s Elections
A bizarre event took place in northern India between December 17 and December 19, 2021. It was a “religious parliament” (Dharma Sansad) with the theme, “The Future of the Sanatan Dharma in…
Spewing hate & calling for genocide
And if this is called Dharma Sansad, there is no other Adharma one can imagine. State's silence or tacit response, police officer laughing along with accused, which appeared in another…
Middle Class Hindus Need To Speak Up Even As Fringe Elements Call The Shots
by P.S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal Presently India is fast galloping towards a fascist Hindu state. The Muslim, Sikh, Christian minorities as also the Tribals and Dalits in India…
Dhanak of Humanity Condemns Haridwar and Delhi hate speeches
Dhanak of Humanity makes a sincere and urgent appeal to all leaders to invest in safeguarding our pluralistic and secular nature by making those spreading hatred and advocating violence accountable…
From abusing Gandhi to advocating genocide
by Alishan Jafri , Neel Madhav and Apoorvanand The arrest of the foul mouthed Kalicharan is seen as a very courageous step taken by the Chhatisgarh government. Kalicharan, a…
Letter to PM: Concern at the recent reports emanating from Haridwar in Uttarakhand
by K.R. Venugopal & E.A.S. Sarma Dear Mr Prime Minister, We are two retired IAS officers, who have served our country both at the State and Union Government levels. We…
Five Ex-Armed Forces Chiefs Write To President, PM On Haridwar Hate Speeches
Five former chiefs of staff of the armed forces and over a hundred other people including veterans, bureaucrats, and prominent citizens have written to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime…
Hindutva is closer to Thuggees than Hinduism
The open call for genocide against Muslims by some self-styled Hindu leaders at the recent ‘Dharam Sansad’ (Religious Parliament) at Haridwar has stirred a hornet nest. It has evoked…
Hindutva resurrects India’s thuggee tradition
There has been some heated discussion in recent weeks in India about whether the term Hindutva is the same as Hinduism or not. For those supporting the ruling BJP regime…
Poisoning people’s minds to ensure polarisation in the coming polls
Uttarakhand is in the news for all the wrong reasons at the moment. The video of a meeting of the so-called ‘dharmsansad’ in Hardwar have gone viral on social media…
Spreading Hate- Inciting Violence: No more a Crime!
After Suraj Pal Amu made derogatory and hate speech, he was made the spokesman for BJP state unit. After the murder of Akhlaq in the beef-cow issue, one of the…
Spreading Hate: Open call for Genocide
Statement Released on December 24, 2021 at a press conference organized by Anhad. Dr Syeda Hameed, prof Ram Puniyani, Prashant Bhushan, Gauhar Raza, Anjali Bhardwaj, Dev Desai and Shabnam Hashmi…
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