The brutal rape and attempt-to-murder of a minor girl in Mandsaur of Madhya Pradesh, infamous for last year’s brutal killing of farmers by the BJP government, has again raked up a communal binary over a heinous crime like rape. The two men accused of raping the minor in Mandsaur are Muslims; an identity that’s now … Read more
Even after the nationwide outrage over the Hindutva-incensed mob lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri district of Uttar Pradesh in 2015 and over the series of such the brutal lynchings, up to that of Pehlu Khan in Alwar district of Rajasthan by the VHP affiliated goons, the mob violence against the Muslims and Dalits isn’t … Read more
The farmers unrest in central and western India caused by the police firing on the agitating farmers of Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh on 6 June, in which five agitating farmers were killed on the spot and one farmer succumbed later to baton charge wounds, has erected a serious challenge for the BJP government led by … Read more