Hindu-muslim Brotherhood

While the lynching incident in Dadri brought simmering communal tension into national focus, closer home in Dharavi, a 53-year-old businessman has set an example of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood. With the local mosque closed for redevelopment, it is thanks to this Hindu leather merchant that the local Muslim community has a place to offer namaaz.

In the Chinkral Mohalla of Srinagar, Bashir Ahmed Dar is getting ready to go out after days, in fact, weeks of curfew. It's the first time he is getting out of his home.The city is still tense. But on Wednesday, Bashir can simply not stay in; he has to say a final good bye to friend and neighbour Kishan Lal Puri.Bashir and Puri lived here for many ...

This story stands out as an exemplar of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood in communally trying times.

While the lynching incident in Dadri brought simmering communal tension into national focus, closer home in Dharavi, a 53-year-old businessman has set an example of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood. With the local mosque closed for redevelopment, it is thanks to this Hindu leather merchant that the local Muslim community has a place to offer namaaz.

In the Chinkral Mohalla of Srinagar, Bashir Ahmed Dar is getting ready to go out after days, in fact, weeks of curfew. It's the first time he is getting out of his home.The city is still tense. But on Wednesday, Bashir can simply not stay in; he has to say a final good bye to friend and neighbour Kishan Lal Puri.Bashir and Puri lived here for many ...

This story stands out as an exemplar of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood in communally trying times.