‘Mera naam Mohammad Deepak’: Uttarakhand man stood up to harassment of a shopkeeper. He now faces protests

‘Mera naam Mohammad Deepak’: Uttarakhand man stood up to harassment of a shopkeeper. He now faces protests

Deepak Kumar, a gym owner, says he intervened when a Muslim shopkeeper was asked to drop ‘Baba’ from his shop name. He has now filed a police complaint, though an FIR is yet to be registered

‘Foremost a human being’: Deepak, who confronted Bajrang Dal for harassing Muslim shopkeeper

In a video message, Kumar explained that his words were deliberate and meant to merge identities rather than erase them, as he sought to articulate an idea of India in which faith could not be weaponised to strip individuals of dignity.

Hindutva mob gathers outside Hindu man’s door for defending Muslim shopkeeper; Rahul calls him ‘hero of India’

“I am not a Hindu, I am not a Muslim, I am not a Sikh, and I am not a Christian. First and foremost, I am a human being. Because after I die, I have to answer to God and to humanity, not to any religion,” says Deepak Kumar, a 46-year-old gym owner from Uttarakhand’s Kotdwar, looking directly into his phone camera in a video that has since travelled far beyond his town. Deepak has been receiving threats ever since he publicly intervened to protec…

Baba, Bajrang Dal and the Heroes Who Stood Against Bullying in Uttarakhand

A Hindutva mob gathers at the residence of Deepak Kumar and hurls choicest abuses at him and his family and threatens him for protecting the Muslim shopkeeper. He said he’s unfazed by threats NEW DELHI – The Hindu youth Deepak Kumar, who stood up to the bullying of an elderly Muslim shopkeeper by Bajrang Dal and other Hindutva proponents in Kotdwar in Uttarakhand recently and protected him, has now become a target of right-wing hate mongers. Ano…