Odisha’s applique artisans are struggling to conserve this 12th century traditional artform
Once known as the hub of applique works in Odisha, a market in Chandua has lost its shine with most of the shops selling...
JIH urges govt to take strong action against hate speeches, hate crimes against Muslims
Talking to the media during an online press briefing, the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) vice-president Prof. Salim Engineer welcomed the law against mob lynching brought...
This Muslim youth’s charity org ensures underprivileged people don’t go hungry in Kolkata
Thirty-two-year old Zeeshan Majeed from Kolkata, West Bengal has not only distributed food during the Covid-19 lockdown but also distributed masks, medicine and oxygen...
“Pillars of healthcare system in rural India,” UP’s Asha workers risked life to safeguard...
Hundreds of Asha workers (healthcare workers) have been rendering yeoman's service in rural India during the Covid-19 pandemic by working tirelessly to fight...
Coverage of Covid-19 vaccination of tribals in Gujarat half of the state average
Gujarat has managed to fully vaccinate only thirty-five percent of its nine million tribal population which is half the rate of vaccination coverage of...
Tamil Nadu’s blind community left in the dark without assistance for writing exams
For scores of visually impaired students from Tamil Nadu, writing exams amid the ongoing pandemic has been a tough ask, with no or minimal...
Bogey of ‘economic jihad’: a conspiracy to target livelihood of Indian Muslims
The purpose of these bogus conspiracy theories is to target the livelihood of Muslims and weaken them economically.
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The term ‘economic...
Year after journalist Siddique Kappan, 3 others were booked under UAPA on way to...
Even after a year has passed in the arrest of journalist Siddique Kappan and three others under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA),...
IAMC condemns forced evictions, police brutality in Assam
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) said that the eviction drive is a symptom of Narendra Modi and the BJP’s fixation on rendering Indian...
“We are still begging for meals 30 years after migration,” Why are Kashmiri Pandits...
On September 18, hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits held a protest demonstration at Jagti township in the outskirts of Jammu city against the delay in the payment...
“We need employment, not help,” Nagpur’s sex workers decry ban, barricading of area
Ganga Jamuna area of Nagpur in Maharashtra is the oldest Red Light area of the city and has always been bustling with people. In...
Dalits, Adivasi children locked out of education during Covid-19 lockdown: new report
The report reveals that only 4% of Dalit and Adivasi children have been attending online classes regularly, as opposed to 15% of children overall.
Suchitra...
Operated from mosque, a women-run health clinic in Hyderabad has treated over 25000 patients...
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a healthcare NGO Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) from Hyderabad in south India has been a source of respite for the...
Devotees slam authorities in Kashmir for not allowing prayers in major mosques, shrines
The predominantly Muslim region has been under an unprecedented lockdown following the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020. While the lockdown restrictions have gradually...
“We struggle for our basic needs, don’t have time to think if we are...
Golla(s) are nomadic tribes from the state of Andhra Pradesh. For generations, the gollas have been practising migratory pastoralism. Gollas in other states are...
In Pictures: Community kitchen at Dhobi Ghat offers hope, succor to displaced people
Following the Dhobi Ghat Pathshala, the women-led Dhobi Ghat Jhuggi Adhikar Manch established the Dhobi Ghat Community Kitchen with the help of the All...
No respite for Rohingya refugees post fire, forced to live in makeshift tents amid...
When a fire gutted the Rohingya camp in late July, nearly 300 refugees lost everything they had. Forced to stay in temporary tents now,...
JIH concerned over growing crimes against women in India, spying on citizens, 3rd Covid...
Addressing an online press meet, Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) Women’s Department Rahmatunnisa condemned the alleged brutal rape and murder of a nine-year-old Dalit...
Amid pandemic, rains, residents of Ramesh Park rendered homeless
Residents of Ramesh Park have been rendered homeless after a demolition drive by Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Most of the residents, who are either Muslim...
In Pictures: Amid pandemic, award winning Chennai based Dalit folk artist Karthick Annan takes...
Karthick Annan is a 35-year-old Dalit folk artist from Chennai, mastered in different folk art forms produced from an indigenous culture in Tamil Nadu...
Meet Kaif Ali, who is housing the homeless with his ‘architecture for poor’ idea
Born and brought up in New Delhi, twenty-year-old Kaif Ali is an architecture student at Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New...
“They only demolish homes of defenseless and weak,” despite UN intervention, demolition at Khori...
The Supreme Court ordered the demolition of a settlement in Khori Gaon in Faridabad, Haryana on June 7 and given the municipal corporations until...
PM Modi’s Twitter analysis reveals Covid-19 a lesser concern than elections, politics
An analysis of PM Modi’s tweets since May 2020 reveals that “during April 2021 when Covid-19 cases were at its peak, Modi’s tweets were...
Covid-19, state repression and the decline of people’s movement
The outbreak of Covid-19 shattered the whole world and everything was on a standstill except the state. The state managed to get absolute control...