As UP goes to the polls next year the Bharatiya Janata Party is reviving the Ram temple issue to ensure vote polarisation, despite escalating communal tension in the state. The party’s actions could end up opening a Pandora’s box of epic proportions
Pradeep Kapoor Lucknow
Incidents of violence targetting the minorities have become routine in the last 16 months. Prime Minister Modi’s government has done little to shun the belief that the culprits don’t enjoy its patronage
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
It's just that the wounds of partition have not healed.
The Kanwarias are back on the streets, often creating controversy, traffic jams, street violence and public nuisance. So what is it that makes them so acceptable? Hardnews resurrects an article published last summer analysing the Kanwaria phenomena.
Hardnews Bureau