Days after the UP government had enacted new laws to prevent marriages under false pretenses, a new Love Jihad case has come to light. Dramatic scenes were witnessed at an Aligarh court after an interfaith couple attempted to get married at the premises. The man, who identified himself as Sonu […]
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Bloomberg Runs Completely Misleading Headline On Facebook For Article On UP’s Love Jihad Law
The degree to which supposedly neutral international portals slant their coverage to fit their ideological narratives is truly breathtaking. Bloomberg today ran an article on UP’s new love jihad law, but its title would left its audience — which is largely international — with a complete mischaracterization of what the […]
YouTuber Nizamul Khan Arrested For Murdering His Girlfriend’s Brother Kamal Sharma
The Tanishq ad might have shown a rosy picture of interfaith marriages, but yet another incident has shown how far the ad was divorced from reality. Popular YouTuber Nizamul Khan, who had over 9 lakh subscribers, has been arrested for murdering his girlfriend’s brother Kamal Sharma. Kamal Sharma was allegedly […]
Nikita Tomar Shot Dead By Taufeeq In Faridabad, Family Says He Was Forcing Her To Convert And Marry Him
It’s not even been a fortnight since the controversial Tanishq ad was aired, and there has been another horrific instance to show just how far the ad was divorced from reality. Yesterday, a 21-year-old B.Com student named Nikita Tomar was shot dead in broad daylight by two men outside the Aggarwal college […]
Dildar Qureshi Pretends To Be Rahul, Kidnaps And Runs Away With 13-Year Old Girl
The Tanishq ad might have chosen to present a sugary-sweet version of how interfaith marriages work, but it seems to have brushed some very serious problems under the carpet. In Delhi, 28-year-old Dildar Qureshi pretended to be Rahul to befriend a 13-year-old girl, and has now kidnapped her and absconded. […]
Tanishq Ad: Kerala’s Catholic Church Has Also Previously Called Out ‘Love Jihad’, Said Christian Women Lured Into Traps
The liberal intelligentsia that has spoken out in support of the Tanishq ad has chosen to dismiss those who opposed it as ‘trolls’ and ‘Hindutva bigots.’ But as it turns out, the issue of Love Jihad has been raised by an institution that has nothing to do with Hindutva, and […]
Tanishq Ad: Hindu Woman Stabbed To Death By Lover Syed Mustafa In Hyderabad
The furore over the controversial Tanishq ad has barely died down, but yet another grisly incident has shown just how far the ad was divorced from reality. A 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her lover and his brother in Hyderabad’s Rein Bazar area in the old city. […]
Days After Tanishq Ad, Hindu Woman Who’d Self Immolated After Harassment From Interfaith In-Laws Dies In Hospital
Days after Tanishq had released its controversial ad which showed a Hindu bride being welcomed into a Muslim household, India has had a rude awakening as to just how far the advertisement was divorced from reality. Anjali Tiwari, who’d changed her name to Ayesha after her wedding, has succumbed to […]
Tanishq Showroom In Gujarat Puts Up Apology For Company’s Love Jihad Ad, Calls Ad “Shameful”
Tanishq might have quietly taken down its love jihad ad video from YouTube, but the company’s showrooms are going a step further to mollify their irate customers. A Tanishq showroom in Gujarat has put up an apology outside its store for the Love Jihad ad which was released on YouTube. […]
Tanishq Ad: Bombs Had Been Thrown At Mani Ratnam For Showing Hindu Man’s Love Story With Muslim Woman In Movie ‘Bombay’
The widespread public outcry against the Tanishq love jihad ad took many forms: some wondered why the advertisement made light of a serious problem in which many women had lost their lives, and others thought that the ad peddled a fantasy world that could have dangerous repercussions for impressionable women. […]