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Suspicion and hope in an India polarised by religion
Politics has driven a wedge between Hindus and Muslims in this sprawling country, but moves are afoot to ease the tensions.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought over the past decade to redefine India and being Indian through Hinduism.
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Sitting at the open-air terrace of a colonial-era building in Mumbai’s humid heat one late May afternoon, a group of grassroots leaders are discussing the importance of keeping the communal peace – and how they are going about it.
“We have had women going house to house, having frank talks with boys aged 22, 24, giving warnings,” says one of them, a coordinator at the Mohalla Committee Movement Trust (MCMT), recounting the modus operandi in defusing a recent budding conflict.
