A pig at the gate, TV cameras outside: The making of a viral Eid controversy

A pig at the gate, TV cameras outside: The making of a viral Eid controversy

For two days in late May, several television channels ran breathless coverage of events outside Poonam Cluster 1, a cooperative housing society in the Mira Road suburb of Thane district. Hindutva activists gathered at the society gates. Some brought a pig. TV anchors spoke about “illegal qurbani”, and politicians weighed in. Social media amplified the images. The allegation was simple. That a gated residential complex had become the site of ille…

Burqa-clad woman dumped meat at Brahmin area on Eid not Muslim

After meat was found dumped in the area, police examined footage from around 150 CCTV cameras in the area and confirmed it was not Muslim