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Communal Violence 2018: Locating the Role of State and Changing Nature of Violence
CSSS Team: Neha Dabhade, Irfan Engineer, Suraj Nair, Siddhi Pendke[1] (Secular Perspective January 1-15, 2019) As per newspaper reports, the number of communal incidents all over India in 2018 has…
Aurangabad Communal Violence Fact Finding Report – 2018
A note by Irfan Engineer Communalism and Development Communal politics has been viewed from different perspectives. The left primarily regards religion as opium of people, instilling false consciousness, giving them…
12th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
Report of the 12th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture – by Neha Dabhade “Muslims of India are in worst position today than in 1857 or 1947”, lamented A. G…
11th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
Secularism: its meaning and the need for it” by Prof. Irfan Habib “The RSS didn’t participate in the Indian freedom struggle and didn’t contribute in fighting for independence from the…
Harsul Fact Finding Report
Harsul is a town 50 kilometers away from Nashik in Maharashtra. It is also near Trimbakeshwar where the Kumbh Mela was organized this year. The town has a majority of…
Baduria and Bashirhat Fact Finding Report
Introduction: July witnessed communal tensions in the state of West Bengal. Baduria and Basirhat in 24 North Parganas were the epicenter of violence over an objectionable facebook post on Prophet…
Aman Ke Rang
Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) is a non-profit organisation working to promote the social justice, peace and communal harmony. It conducts an array of activities such as…