With the growing use of social media platforms in India, online trolling, especially in the context of fandoms, has seen a significant rise. An example of this is the targeted…
“Tum kala kamal likho, hum lal gulaab likhenge…” [Roughly translated as: You may say the rose is black, we shall keep saying it’s red, tinged in the colour of love.]…
Often, innocuous-seeming symbols are encrypted with coded messages. For instance, in the United States, a hangman’s noose is associated with the far-Right, White supremacist group Ku Klux Klan (or the…
Ranjani Srinivasan, the former Columbia University (CU) PhD scholar from Chennai, has refuted media reports and US homeland security secretary Kristy Noem’s claim that she self-deported from the US. Speaking…
On Holi this year, Congress-ruled Telangana became an easy target for the Opposition. Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party went all guns blazing after the Hyderabad and Cyberabad police issued…
Simmering communal tensions led to violent clashes in Nagpur on March 17. Right-wing outfits, such as the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, led protests seeking the removal of…
On March 17, 2025, violence erupted in Nagpur, Maharashtra, after claims began circulating that a piece of cloth with a verse from the Quran inscribed on it was burnt during…
The six-week-long Maha Kumbh Mela, held in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, came to a close on Wednesday, February 26. The same evening, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting released a statement…
On March 9, BJP leader Amit Malviya said West Bengal was turning into “another Bangladesh”. Criticizing the law-and-order situation in the state, Malviya, who heads the BJP’s information and technology cell,…
In BJP-ruled India, Hindu religious festivals have often metamorphosed from occasions for devotion and celebrations to rallying points for Hindutva fanatics to intimidate, provoke, and attack minority communities. Even by…
