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To fellow Indians, with love: How little, nameless acts of kindness & mutual respect defeated hate this Eid

Shinjinee Majumder5th April 20255th April 2025

“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.]…

Accused in UP minor’s rape not Muslims, old Lallantop report shared with false claims

Pawan Kumar4th April 2025

A screengrab of a post by news outlet ‘The Lallantop’ is doing the rounds on social media. It states, “Father, uncle and grandfather arrested for raping minor in UP, girl…

Muslim youth threatens to get policeman suspended? Scripted video viral

Pawan Kumar28th March 2025

A 24 second video is currently viral on social media with the caption “Salim threatened the police”. In the video, a man wearing a cap generally worn by Muslims threatens…

Holi 2025: Consent goes for a toss again; violence against women, religious minorities takes front seat

Oishani Bhattacharya & Shinjinee Majumder28th March 20254th April 2025

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…

‘Body in fridge’ tableau in Munger Shivratri rally: Islamophobia & hate trounced devotion & piety?

Shinjinee Majumder & Ankita Mahalanobish13th March 202521st March 2025

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…

Muzaffarnagar youth in viral video harassing woman is not a Muslim; social media claims are false

Ankita Mahalanobish12th February 202512th February 2025

A video of a man blocking the way of a young woman on a road and then the latter managing to run away is going viral on social media, along…

‘Why should Indian schools celebrate Christmas?’ Saffron sees red, strikes

Shinjinee Majumder & Ankita Mahalanobish23rd January 202523rd January 2025

“Hindu bachhe kabhi Santa nahi banenge. Hindu sanskriti ka apmaan hum nahi sahenge. Jai Sri Ram!” (Hindu children will never be dressed as Santas. We will not tolerate any insult…

Bangladeshi TikToker thrashed for ‘stealing’: Video viral with ‘Hindu woman forced to wear Hijab’ claims

Ankita Mahalanobish17th December 202417th December 2024

A video showing a woman being heckled and assaulted by a group of men while she tries to cover her head with a scarf is viral on social media. It…

Video of burning Halloween prop in China shared as ‘Hindu genocide’ in Bangladesh

Ankita Mahalanobish15th December 2024

Trigger Warning: Disturbing Visuals A short video apparently showing a human body tied up and placed above a fire is being shared on X (formerly Twitter) as yet another incidence…

Bull getting tortured: Distressing video from Punjab falsely viral as ISKCON Bangladesh

Prantik Ali9th December 20249th December 2024

The story uses only screenshots in view of the graphic nature of the video being fact-checked. A disturbing video showing four individuals brutally thrashing a bull is viral on social…

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Pahalgam and after: Tracking ‘retributive’ hate crimes against minorities across India

Land dispute in Hindu family turns violent; axe attack video from Bangladesh viral with false communal angle