Communalism
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Minds trapped in “metal coffins”
Arguing that Partition shows why coexistence matters, the poster cites E. M. S. Namboodiripad’s 1969 creation of a Muslim-majority district in Kerala as an example of left parties playing communal…
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Politics
Kerala says no to Vande Mataram
Responding to a Kerala school dropping Vande Mataram after an alleged threat, the poster notes Muslim objections to the song’s mother-goddess imagery, stresses that many Muslims have no objection, and…
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Politics
Communalism pays in votes [Data Stories Update]
Presents maps showing that voting in western Uttar Pradesh, near Muzaffarnagar, was far more polarised in 2014 than elsewhere in the state, with a toilet map of social groups.
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3 dads (racism, communalism, greed), 600 orphans
After reports that children from Bihar and Jharkhand were taken to Kerala orphanages, the author argues racism between Indians is widespread, that even progressive Kerala is not immune, and that…
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‘My mother was wronged, gravely wronged’
Reading A. K. Antony’s remark that the Congress is seen as favouring minorities, the post argues the party is courting conservative Muslims in Kerala, which risks pushing Hindus towards the…
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Communal? Who, me??
Reacting to a Congress MP criticising the party’s appeal through Delhi’s Shahi Imam, the poster argues religious leaders are inevitably communal, and lists the main caste and community voting combinations…
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Politics
We all saw it coming…
Responding to Anand Soondas, the poster warns that Modi’s win marks a rise in ‘Hindu truth’ against ‘Muslim truth’, expects Muslims to be pushed towards ghettos, and fears Hindus will…
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Politics
“Prime minister of people of all faiths”
Reading British advice that Modi should drop religious talk for economics, the poster is cautiously hopeful but doubtful. It argues divide and rule worked because Indians were already divided, and…
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Politics
The delusions of the king-makers
Introduces a reproduced extract arguing that the 2014 result traced to judgement calls by Rajiv Gandhi, including the Shah Bano law. The poster adds that a BJP sweep has also…
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“Muslims ought to be more communal”
A comment, with a news extract, on the Aam Aadmi Party’s Shazia Ilmi’s alleged remark that Muslims should be communal this time; the poster says Indian secularism treats majority unity…
