During a renovation in Uttar Pradesh’s Banaras at Manikarnika Ghat, a part of the ghat was damaged, causing immediate outrage among locals. Meanwhile, multiple “development” projects have raised concerns that such changes are erasing the city’s cultural heritage. We also visited Dal Mandi, where 186 structures are set to be demolished for the widening of a road.
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How The State Assails Muslim Livelihoods in the Modi Era https://thewire.in/communalism/how-the-state-assails-muslim-livelihoods-in-the-modi-era By Harsh Mander ..From boycotting Halal products to sweeping changes in the Waqf Act, the BJP government has relied on bizarre conspiracy theories to strip Muslims of dignity at work!
allegations of many outlandish jihad conspiracy theories like thook (spit) jihad and beauty parlour jihad.
A #BoycottHalalProducts” campaign was launched in 2019 by Hindutva organisations Sanatan Sanstha and Hindu Jagruti and vigorously supported by the Sudarshan News TV channel.
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