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Bilkis Bano case

‘This remission will set a bad precedent’

Interview with Anand Yagnik, human rights lawyer in Ahmedabad.

Anupama Katakam

A woman voter shows her inked finger after casting her vote for the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election, at a polling station in Nagpur on November 20. The 2024 Assembly election has been perhaps the worst ever when it comes to communal propaganda in the State’s history.

Maharashtra’s ‘communal election’: Will it have a long-term social impact?

The 2024 Assembly election campaign unleashed a barrage of religious propaganda that could permanently damage the State’s cherished social harmony.

Cow vigilantes and the pathology of violence

How sacred symbols become tools of oppression, laying bare a mindset that justifies communal violence under the guise of protecting religious values.

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

Waqf Amendment Bill might dismantle centuries-old Islamic institutions in India

The changes aim to overhaul Waqf administration, stripping powers from traditional bodies and centralising control under government authorities.

P.S. Munawar Hussain

A.G. Noorani is remembered as an intellectual who upheld the principles of democracy and constitutionalism throughout his long and distinguished career.

A.G. Noorani (1930-2024): Remembering the eminent constitutional expert and prolific writer

A long-term contributor to Frontline, Noorani was widely respected for his insightful analysis on constitutional and human rights issues.

They’ve brought it with vengeance: K. Rahman Khan on Waqf Amendment Bill

The Congress leader accuses the Modi government of targeting Muslim waqf properties, alleging the new amendments aim to curtail community rights.

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Bangladesh’s revolution: A surprising lesson in secularism

As Hindus take to the streets seeking safety, many Muslims join them in support. This show of unity offers hope for religious harmony in South Asia.

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A view of the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi. After the Babri masjid demolition, the Gyanvapi mosque had been declared the next target by the Hindu supremacists.

How a Sufi saint’s shrine became a tinderbox in India’s religious strife

In The Many Lives of Syeda X, journalist Neha Dixit traces a “faceless” woman’s story through decades of communal tension in India.

Mahatma Gandhi (centre) visits Muslim refugees at Purana Qila in New Delhi, as they prepare to depart to Pakistan. Photograph taken on September 22, 1947.

A tale of two broken promises, and the rise of Muslim ghettos in India

How promises of peace and restoration made by Gandhi and Azad during Partition shattered, leaving Muslims neglected and disenfranchised.

Srajit M. Kumar

Police are deployed outside Mumbai’s NG Acharya and DK Marathe College on August 3, a day after the junior college denied entry to students wearing burqas and hijabs over their uniforms.

Frontline On Air | A country of others

It was a year when hate speech hit new lows, challenging the trust of Muslims in the country’s fraternity.

Devotees gather near the idol of Ram Lalla at the newly consecrated temple in Ayodhya on January 22.

Rama is my favourite deity, but his temple in Ayodhya leaves me cold

Though the Gita advocates stoic dispassion, Hindu revivalism injected new blood in India’s quiet veins, making urgent the want for a Ram Mandir.

Lakshmi Sreeram

Students create a formation ahead of the Ram mandir consecration ceremony, in Jammu, on January 20.

The idea of Ram, and the idea of India

Those using Ram as a political mascot must consider how their actions impact the ideals of an inclusive, democratic and just society India aims to be.

Purushottam Agrawal

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