Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India – By Dexter Filkins …The change in Kashmir upended more than half a century of careful politics, but the Indian press reacted with nearly uniform approval. Ever since Modi was first elected Prime Minister, in 2014, he has been recasting the story of India, from that of a secular democracy accommodating a …
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Weekly News Roundup – December 4, 2019
India consul general in United States calls for ‘Israeli model’ in Kashmir At a private event on Saturday in New York City, Sandeep Chakravorty, India’s consul-general to the city, told Kashmiri Hindus and Indian nationals that India will build settlements modelled after Israel for the return of the Hindu population to Kashmir.… “I believe the security situation will improve, …
Weekly News Roundup – November 27, 2019
US Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Condemning Human Rights Violations in Kashmir A US lawmaker… Rashida Tlaib, … in the House Resolution No 724 introduced on Thursday urged India and Pakistan to engage in dialogue to deescalate tensions between them.… The resolution titled “Condemning the human rights violations taking place in Jammu and Kashmir and supporting Kashmiri self-determination” currently has no …
Weekly News Roundup – November 20, 2019
Assam NRC a tool to render Muslims stateless: US panel on religious freedom A federal US commission on international religious freedom has alleged that National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is a tool to “target religious minorities and to render Muslims stateless”. Observing that the final NRC list, which validates bona fide Indian citizens of Assam, has excluded 19 …
Weekly News Roundup – November 12, 2019
Court Backs Hindus on Ayodhya, Handing Modi Victory in His Bid to Remake India India’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hindus on Saturday in a decades-old dispute over a holy site contested by Muslims, handing the prime minister and his followers a major victory in their quest to remake the country as Hindu and shift it further from …
Weekly News Roundup – November 6, 2019
US Govt Condemns Citizenship Bill and NRC: ‘Bald Attempt to Split Society’ The United States House of Representatives held a public hearing on October 22 on human rights in south Asia, whose first part saw congresspersons question their government on its position and policies in the region.… In response to tough questioning about the discriminatory character of the National …
Weekly News Roundup – October 29, 2019
Shocking! At these polling booths in Satara, no matter which button you pressed on the EVM, votes went to BJP: EC official accepts allegation While there were several incidents of EVMs malfunctioning across the state during the voting for the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections on Monday, in Satara, all votes went to the ruling BJP no matter which button …
Weekly News Roundup – October 21, 2019
Get ready for Ayodhya verdict, buy swords, not gold on Dhanteras: BJP leader A BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh asked people to buy “iron swords instead of gold jewellery and silver vessels” on Dhanteras. “The Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue is expected soon and we are confident that it will be in favour of the Ram temple. However, …
Weekly News Roundup – October 16, 2019
Alwar: Two men beat up Muslim couple, sexually harass woman for not chanting Ram-Ram A Muslim couple from Alwar was allegedly assaulted by two men for not chanting ‘Ram-Ram’ late on Saturday night. The couple, who was travelling to Haryana, was accosted by two youth at the Alwar bus stand when they were having dinner. The men, identified as …
Weekly News Roundup – October 8, 2019
Amnesty report: Hate crimes rose sharply the first half of 2019 Amnesty India’s hate crime tracker has recorded 181 incidents of alleged hate crimes in the first half of 2019, the steepest rise in such incidents since 2015. The count is almost double that of the same period last year, when 100 such cases were recorded. Over two-thirds of the …