In the right-wing political parlance, Muslims are labelled as a community that is devoted to doubling its population and occupying land illegally. However, according to India's last census in 2011, Muslims make up only 14% of the population, while Hindus 80%.
Every time the student activist's bail has been approved by a court, the police slapped new charges against her to prolong her imprisonment. Currently, her bail plea is pending before the Delhi high court.
The tensions between China and India in Ladakh for the last two years have started impacting the goatherders who are the main source of famed Cashmere wool that goes into the making of Kashmir shawls. On the ground, they told the reporter how the meadows have been closed to them by the rival sides and how it is impacting their livelihood.
Despite the fact that several instances of violence and discrimination against Dalits are reported from Gujarat, many have been lately joining the ranks of RSS and its affiliate organisations.