धार्मिक कट्टरपन
November 29, 2016
The RSS may not harm Islam in India, but it will certainly destroy Hinduism, Hindi poet Ashok Vajpeyi said on Thursday.
“Mahatma Gandhi had once said that all religions are true, but they are not perfect. Through this he is saying that each religion can learn from another religion. A nation which is called so diverse which has millions of gods and over 700 languages.
“Now...
November 29, 2016
The Gujarat HC permitted a 19-year-old Hindu girl to live-in with her Muslim boyfriend, who is just 20 years old and is currently ineligible for marriage.
According to the case details, the boy and girl studied together in school and were in love since their school days.
In a case not unusual for India’s syncretic and plural society, the Gujarat High Court permitted a couple...
November 29, 2016
असम के शिक्षा मंत्री हिमंत बिस्व सरमा ने शुक्रवार को बंद रहने वाले मदरसों पर आपत्ति जताते हुए कहा कि ऐसा अगर आगे होता रहा तो सरकार कड़े कदम उठाएगी।
मंत्री ने कहा कि सरकार को रिपोर्ट मिली है कि कुछ जिलों में कुछ मदरसे शुक्रवार को बंद रहते हैं। उन्होंने कहा, ”मदरसे पाकिस्तान और बांग्लादेश में शुक्रवार को बंद रहते हैं भारत में नहीं। हमारे देश में रविवार के दिन सभी...
November 28, 2016
For them, Tina Dabi’s Constitutionally Guaranteed Freedom to Choose a Life Partner is Love Jehad says Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
IAS Topper, Tina Dabi, who broke multiple glass ceilings to receive accolades in a male world is facing the ire of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha: her decision to marry her colleague , IAS second topper, Athar Aamil-ul Shafi has attracted an...
November 28, 2016
Amid reports of spurt in hate crimes against Muslims after the electoral victory of Donald Trump, several mosques in the US have allegedly received threatening letters and emails against the community in the country.
An anonymous handwritten letter, which so far has been received by three mosques in California and one in Georgia, warned Muslims to “pack your bags and get out of dodge as...
November 27, 2016
Border Guard Bangladesh in Cox's Bazar district has pushed back at least 95 Rohingya Muslims who fled the country in the face of ongoing crackdown in Rakhain state by Myanmar troops
Photo credit: Dhaka Tribune
The 95 Rohingyas including women and children were sent back home from different border points of Teknaf till Sunday morning starting in the dead hours of the night....
November 27, 2016
Poems in Right filled Anger, Of Resistance
On November 16, 2016, the occasion of the KG Kannabiran Memorial Lecture at Madurai, feminist activist Vasanth Kannabiran read our three powerful pieces of writing. Teesta Setalvad, co-editor, Sabrangindia delivered the lecture. We reproduce these powerful poems of Vasanth Kannabiran, a fellow traveler in the democratic rights struggle, with a...
November 26, 2016
Image Courtesy: Kashmir Life: Omkar Nath Bhat outside his home in Haal Shopian.
Pic: Bilal Bahadur
Since July 2016, sustained threats and some sporadic attacks have left the 808 Kashmiri Pandit families in the Valley, threatened. On October 29, 2016, Sabrangindia had reported how a petrol bomb was flung at the home of one such cluster of Pandits living in the Valley. A...
November 26, 2016
Today at the stroke of the midnight hour, thanks to the collective efforts of the Sabrangindia Team and the never dying support of friends, comrades all, Sabrangindia turns one. November 26, Constitution Day. This was a re incarnation of Communalism Combat, a print magazine born out of the fires of hatred, and our commitment to real, meaningful journalism alive between 1983...
November 25, 2016
The disappearance of JNU student, Najeeb Ahmad, now in its 41st day, has been one of the stories to drop off the national radar after the government’s move to abruptly, without proper consultation, de-monetize Rs 500 and Rs 1000 Rs Notes. Huge number of students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) along with other universities staged a protest outside the Delhi Police Headquarters. The...