The hunt for radical leader Amritpal Singh by law enforcing agencies is being presented like a spectacle. But there is something in it for all political players.

From an atrocity prevention law to political representation, Muslims in the state are asking to have their basic rights restored in the face of successful communal polarisation.

Following reports of the recovery of a severed head of a calf, mayhem unfolded in the idyllic town of Rohru in the last week of 2018.

In Himachal Pradesh, the symbolism of cow politics seems set to override the interests of communities that raise and care for cattle, at least until the Lok Sabha elections.

A series of political developments has ensured that issues that need to be addressed have been sidelined and religion has taken centre stage.

The event has popularly come to be known as ‘Mela Ghadari Babeiyan Da (Fair of Ghadar Veterans).

The BJP, despite working overtime to sell the ‘Statute of Unity’ project to the masses at an ideological level, has not got the response that it was vying for.

A recent study highlights the many ways Dalits are systematically excluded and discriminated against. But far from attempting to solve the caste problem, the state does not even acknowledge that such issues exist.  

In September, RTI activist Kedar Singh Jindan was brutally murdered in a corner of Himachal Pradesh in a case that shines some light on the continuing efforts of the upper castes to strangle voices of dissent.

A PIL filed before the Gujarat high court highlights how the BJP-led Gujarat government has focused on promoting and developing only Hindu religious sites and holidays and argues that the Pavitra Yatradham Vikas Board is illegal, arbitrary and violative of the constitution.

Those leading the campaign against the migrants are largely local, unemployed youth that the ‘Gujarat Model’ has failed, who now vilify 'outsiders' for having snatched away jobs.