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Inside the machinery of anti-Muslim hate in Narendra Modi’s India | Documentary
Mob attacks. Demolitions. Hate speech. Through the stories of victims, witnesses, lawyers, and journalists, this documentary examines the rise of anti-Muslim hate in India.
AUG 10, 2026 (Click to Read)

'I am scared to step out': After attacks, Kashmiri shawl sellers stare at an uncertain future
Every winter, thousands of Kashmiri shawl sellers leave the Valley and travel across North India in search of a livelihood. But for the past several years.
AUG 10, 2026 (Click to Read)

A Mother’s Grief, A Wife’s Loss and a Family Trying to Survive Through A Shop
A small ray of hope came when the Miles2Smile, an NGO working for relief and rehabilitation of survivors of hate crime, supported the family by helping Imran set up a sho.
JULY 25, 2026 (Click to Read)

Only Allah Will Give Us Justice: Widows of the Delhi Pogrom, 2020
Through the stories of Mallika, Nargis, and Zahira, the film examines the long shadow of communal violence: the emotional scars carried by survivors, the financial hardship facing bereaved families, and the continuing search for accountability. The documentary is not only a story about what happened in February 2020.
JULY 25, 2026 (Click to Read)

'I Should Have The Freedom To Practice My Religion': How West Bengal Tightened Cattle Slaughter Rules Before Bakra-Eid
Aasif Mujtaba, a minority rights activist and founder of Miles2Smiles NGO, argued that laws framed in neutral language can still produce unequal effects in practice. “If you read the CAA, the language is neutral. However.
MAY 05, 2026 (Click to Read)

Violence In Ramzan, Anxiety On Ram Navami: Multiple Attacks On Muslims During The Holy Month
Aasif Mujtaba, a minority rights activist and researcher, argues that cow vigilantism today operates far beyond its stated purpose, functioning as a system that disproportionately targets Muslims, particularly those engaged in transport and trade.
MARCH 26, 2026 (Click to Read)

Series of hate crimes across states raise concerns over targeted violence against Muslims during Ramadan
“Ramadan should be a time of peace and spiritual reflection, but for many Muslims it increasingly brings anxiety about safety,” said Aasif Mujtaba, Muslim activist, researcher and founder of Miles2Smile. Miles2Smile has been rehabilitating people.
MARCH 11, 2026 (Click to Read)

Delhi Riots Took Her Husband, 6 Years On, Anxiety is Now a Constant Companion
Thirty-two years old Nargis is a mother of four children—3 daughters Nashra (9) Hifza (7) and a son, Amaan (12). She starts her day in the wee hours, juggling between packing school tiffin for her children and tying their hair to send them neatly to Sunrise Public School, a relief school that was set up by the NGO.
FEB 21, 2026 (Click to Read)

Shadows Of Hate: Attacked For Being A Kashmiri Muslim
17-year-old Tabish and 20-year-old Danish were allegedly assaulted with extreme brutality by Sanjay Yadav, leaving Tabish with a head injury and a fractured hand, while Danish sustained severe bruising across his back. Disturbingly, the attack was reportedly not prompted by any criminal act, but solely by the victims’ identity. Uttarakhand Police arrested Sanjay Yadav
FEB 02, 2026 (Click to Read)

Survivors of Hindu-Muslim riots find healing in women's empowerment
Today Sa is a frequent visitor to Sabaat, a safe space on the outer fringes of Delhi for women survivors of religious hate and violence, where she has begun to heal. “In the last six months, I’ve learnt how to stitch dresses and trousers,” she said, her light-brown eyes kohl-lined. We stitch fabric
NOV 25, 2025 (Click to Read)

From ashes to independence: How riot-affected women in Delhi found strength in Sabaat
Then came Sabaat, an initiative of the Miles2Smile Foundation. It was created to give women a platform to express themselves and share their trauma. “At first, we only wanted to provide a space where they could talk,” said founder Aasif Mujtaba, a former environmental engineer turned Delhi-based activist who works.
NOV 20, 2025 (Click to Read)

Shaheen Bagh’s bright legacy
Miles2Smile, a pan-India organisation founded by IIT Delhi alumnus Aasif Mujtaba, who drew inspiration from the Shaheen Bagh protests he helped organise in December 2019 alongside student activist Sharjeel Imam. Iitially inspired by the women-led sit-in against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the group began by providing aid to displaced families and distributing food and essentials.
SEP 09, 2025 (Click to Read)

Jammu Kashmir Grapples with Devastating Landslides and Cloudbursts
Amidst the grief, sorrow, and somber clouds, a silver line shone through a few people—Aasif Mujtaba from Miles2Smile and Yasir from Ababeel NGO are two of them. The two organizations, one from Delhi (Miles2Smile) and the other from Jammu (Ababeel), collaborated.
SEP 23, 2025 (Click to Read)

Delhi: How Women Are Stitching New Lives from Fabric of Loss and Thread of Hope After in Riot-Hit Shiv Vihar
An initiative of the Miles2Smiles Foundation, the centre was born from the same flames that destroyed Shumayla’s world. Its founder, Aasif Mujtaba, witnessed firsthand.
AUG 10, 2025 (Click to Read)

The Crackdown That Put Gurugram’s Bengali Migrants in Limbo
In Gurugram, hundreds of Bengali-speaking workers, many of them Indian citizens, now live in fear after a police crackdown on “illegal Bangladeshi migrants.” With raids, detentions, and identity checks, entire migrant colonies have been pushed into limbo
AUG 01, 2025 (Click to Read)

Sabaat in Delhi is helping women rebuild their lives through skill training
The center also focuses on soft skills like entrepreneurship, hygiene, financial literacy, offering a holistic approach to empowerment and plans to expand computer courses. What makes Sabaat unique is its inclusivity. “We aren’t just providing livelihoods, We’re restoring dignity, reclaiming agency, and nurturing leadership,“ says Aasif Mujtaba,
AUG 01, 2025 (Click to Read)

“I accept this honour not in my name, but in the name of those who carry the heaviest of burdens…”, Aasif Mujtaba Wins Second Position at Global Donors Forum
Miles2Smile, an organisation working in the sector of relief and rehabilitation, specially for those affected by Mob lynching, communal Violence, and communal Demolitions has won the 2nd prize in the global donors forum 2025.
APRIL 17, 2025 (Click to Read)

“I Prayed Not to Win the Highest Award”: Aasif Mujtaba’s Selfless Request for Gaza Doctors at Istanbul Forum, Wins Second Position
One of the beneficiaries, Aasif Mujtaba, penned a poignant note, acknowledging that he had made an unorthodox request, not to claim the most valuable award, but for the physicians of Gaza. “For the first time in my life, I prayed not to have the highest award"
APRIL 16, 2025 (Click to Read)

The many demolitions of Shama Begum’s life and property
Amidst the darkness, one sliver of relief came from Aasif Mujtaba of the Miles2Smile Foundation, who offered immediate support. His NGO provided the family with essential relief, offering a semblance of stability in their uprooted lives. Shama expresses profound gratitude for this support that was not just logistical for them at the time; it was a crucial.
MARCH 03, 2025 (Click to Read)

Ten Years in India: Rohingya refugees face an uncertain future
Asif Mujtaba, told TRT World Mujtaba, founder of Miles2Smile Foundation, which works with survivors of hate and communal violence in India, questioned the government’s hostilities against the refugees. He said the narrative about the immigrants has been “factiously created” because the Union government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
JAN 08, 2025 (Click to Read)

Aasif Mujtaba Receives National Life Empowerment Award 2025 for Humanitarian Contributions
Aasif Mujtaba, the founder and CEO of the Miles2Smile Foundation, on January 4, has been honored with the esteemed National Life Empowerment Award 2025 in recognition of his tireless commitment to social justice and humanitarian causes. Aasif Mujtaba, the founder and CEO of the Miles2Smile Foundation.
JAN 05, 2025 (Click to Read)

Aftermath of the Bahraich Clash: Muslim Families Left with Nothing
Aasif Mujtaba, Founder of Miles2Smile, a Delhi based non profit that primarily works with the survivors of communal violence
OCT 25, 2024 (Click to Read)

‘Where will I go?’: Hindu man dead, Muslims in India’s Bahraich face attack
Aasif Mujtaba runs Miles2Smile, a New Delhi-based NGO that works with survivors of religious violence, mob lynchings and punitive demolitions
OCT 24, 2024 (Click to Read)

The Bahraich Files
On October 13, 2024, a violent clash broke out in Siswa Maharajgunj, a small town in eastern Uttar Pradesh near the Nepal border, resulting in the death of 22-year-old Ram Gopal Mishra Mishra was part of a mob playing.
OCT 23, 2024 (Click to Read)

Even as SC questions ‘bulldozer justice’, its victims still live on ruins of their homes, forever in fear
Aasif Mujtaba, a human-rights activist and the founder of Miles2Smile, a non-profit working for the welfare of victims of communal violence in India, told ThePrint that the term “bulldozer
OCT 02, 2024 (Click to Read)

سوال پوچھنے کی عادت آپ کو منفرد بناتی ہے“
ملئے آصف مجتبی سے جنہوں نے بطور پروفیسر کریئر کا آغاز کیا اور آج مائلز ٹو اسمائیل این جی او کے بانی ہیں طویل مدتی فائدہ پہنچاتا ہے، مثلاً کسی کیلئے دکان کھول دی، کسی کو سلائی مشین داوادی کسی کو آٹو رکشادے دیا تا کہ یہ افراد آگے کسی کے محتاج نہ رہیں بلکہ ان چیزوں کے ذریعے اپنی روزی روٹی کا انتظام کریں
SEP 06, 2024 (Click to Read)

India’s Increasing Similarities with Global Islamophobic Practices
asif Mujtaba, the Founder and Director of Miles2Smile. Mujtaba’s organization is dedicated to providing relief and rehabilitation to survivors of mob lynching, demolitions, and communal violence. On being asked about the impact of
SEP 03, 2024 (Click to Read)

No Notice, No Mercy: Demolition Of 14 Muslim Houses in Mandla, MP
In a world where humans show brutality and animals show humanity, there still exist a few people and a few organisations that aim to provide relief to people like Mandla who fall prey to demutualization. One such organisation is Miles2Smile, which aims to provide shelter
JULY 30, 2024 (Click to Read)

Pratibha Samman Ceremony in Ranchi by Ladder Foundation
Mile 2 Smile, while talk- ing to the students said that the students should study and become like A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Maulana Abul Kalam for their coun- try and society. The stage was conducted by Abu Nasr. The mem- bers of the organizing com- mittee welcomed the guests by giving them shawls and mementos.
JULY 30, 2024 (Click to Read)

Religiously Motivated Lynching, Charred Bodies, Shattered Families, and A Smile Shop
The conglomerate of hate and religiously motivated lynching of Junaid and Nasir gave shivers to the diaspora of the Muslim community. Muslims of Ghatmika are still scared to cross their village but then “there are people.
JULY 18, 2024 (Click to Read)

Bricks, debris, and grief left with Muslim families in MP after demolition drive over “beef trading”
In the wee hours of June 15, the district administration bulldozed 14 Muslim houses to the ground in Bhainswahi village, a tribal-dominated area in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh.
JULY 14, 2024 (Click to Read)

From Tragedy to Triumph: How a Delhi-based IITian Empowering Survivors of Violence Through Education and Entrepreneurship
Aasif Mujtaba, a 35-year-old IIT alumnus, took initiative and established his own organization, Miles2Smile.
JULY 14, 2024 (Click to Read)

Die Angst im eigenen Land
Aasif Mujtaba ist Gründeru and Direktor der Nichtregierungs organisation Miles2Smile, die Opfern von antimuslimischer Gewalt hilft. In den zehn Jahren, die Modi an der Macht ist, seien Hassreden zur Normalität geworden, sagt er. Lynchmorde an Muslimen hätten zugenommen, die Täter würden meist nicht zur Verantwortung
MAY 22, 2024 (Click to Read)

A Ray Of Hope, An Initiative To Restore Smiles
Aasif Mujtaba, the CEO and founder of the Miles2Smile, a Delhi-based organisation, spoke about the initial despair he encountered in Nuh. He highlighted the resilience of the community and their rich history.
MARCH 07, 2024 (Click to Read)

Stitches Of Hope: Women Survivors of Shiv Vihar •
Sabaat, an initiative started by the women of the neighbourhood & Managed by Miles2Smile in response to the violence, has equipped young women survivors with tailoring skills. Many have achieved financial independence.
MARCH 04, 2024 (Click to Read)

Demoltions: The Old Practice Sees Escalation in the New Year
Aasif Mujtaba, CEO and Founder of a Delhi-based NGO Miles2Smile said, “My first encounter with the people of Nuh was full of despair .The NGO had iniative to help
FEB 27, 2024 (Click to Read)

नूह हिंसा पीड़ितो को माइल्स२स्माइल ने मकान और दुकान निर्माण कर सौंपी चाभियाँ
मेवात के नगीना में दंगा पीड़ितो के सम्मान में एक कार्यक्रम आयोजित किया गया। इस कार्यक्रम में माइल्स२स्माईल फाउंडेशन के माध्यम से मेवात के लिए कार्यों का लोकार्पण किया गया। उल्लेखनीय है की पिछले ४ माह मे फाउंडेशन के तत्वावधान में हुए मेवात में बहुत से जन कल्याणकारी
JAN 16, 2024 (Click to Read)

Amidst Rising Concerns Of Minority Rights In India ‘Miles2Smile’ Founder Aasif Mujtaba Speaks At UN Forum
Mujtaba highlighted the pivotal role of cooperation from the Indian officials in ensuring a heightened sense of security for both life and property. This, he argued, would not only mitigate the prevailing human rights concerns.
DEC 05, 2023 (Click to Read)

Hope and Education Rise in Khargon
In the midst of this turmoil, Miles2Smile, a Delhi-based non-profit organization, emerged as a beacon of hope for the affected families. The organization’s primary focus lies in relief activities, but it also plays a crucial role in livelihood creation, healthcare provision, and educational empowerment
SEP 22, 2023 (Click to Read)

‘People call us rioters’ — a year after demolitions, fear & stigma still haunt Jahangirpuri’s lanes.
One such organisation is Aasif Mujtaba’s Miles2Smile, which works to rehabilitate Muslim victims of communal violence. Vendors who lost their businesses in the demolition were given.
SEP 18, 2023 (Click to Read)

Nuh demolitions: Bulldozer might is right
A ground survey by Miles2Smile Foundation, a non-profit organisation working for the victims of violence, disasters and deprivation, puts the number of demolitions at 1,200. In many cases, proper notices were not served before the demolition.
SEP 02, 2023 (Click to Read)

‘Can’t sleep at night, constantly worried’: Widows of Delhi riots are ‘abused, abandoned’ by in-laws.
Miles2Smile Foundation to help these children pick up the pieces of their lives. Mohammad Danish, principal of the school and board member of the foundation, told Newslaundry.
FEB 24, 2023 (Click to Read)

Nuh: The fall out of bulldozer action at Ferozepur Jhirka
Aasif Mujtaba, the Founder of Miles2Smile Foundation, has been deeply engaged in relief and rehabilitation efforts to support individuals in Nuh who have suffered from unlawful demolitions. Miles2smile is also making efforts to ensure that the affected families in the area are not deprived of basic necessities.
AUG 29, 2023 (Click to Read)

How the demolition drive in Nuh went against court orders and due procedures
A ground survey by Miles2Smile Foundation, a non-profit organisation working for the victims of violence, disasters and deprivation, puts the number of demolitions at 1,200. In many cases, proper notices were not served before the demolitions.
AUG 25, 2023 (Click to Read)

Muslim Families Whose Homes Were Demolished in Nuh Face Added Hardship Amid Heavy Rain
The Miles2Smile Foundation, a Delhi-based organization, is actively involved in a comprehensive response to assist individuals and families impacted by the violence and subsequent demolition of houses.
AUG 23, 2023 (Click to Read)

Social excellence awards for 'Changemakers of Year' in India, AMP holds function in Delhi'
Miles2Smile Foundation, Delhi, Manappat Foundation, Kerala and M S Education Academy, Telangana Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard, Hammad Ahmad, former Union minister and the President
AUG 23, 2023 (Click to Read)

RELIGIOUS POLARISATION SURGES IN INDIA AHEAD OF ELECTIONS.
Organisations like Miles2Smile are actively involved in providing relief and rehabilitation to individuals who lost their homes in the government's demolition drive.The NGO has initiated fundraising efforts to supportThe NGO has initiated fundraising efforts to support.
AUG 19, 2023 (Click to Read)

Watch | House Demolished of Man Who Protected Bajrang Dal Men During Haryana Riots
The accurate enumeration of these dismantled homes has proven challenging. Asif Mujtaba of Miles2Smile, a non-profit, said that his organisation is finding it difficult to locate the victims of the bulldozer action.
AUG 09, 2023 (Click to Read)

Victim of Bihar Sharif violence gets new lease of life with aid from Miles2Smile
Imteyaz lost his source of livelihood during the Ram Navami violence in Bihar Sharif in Bihar’s Nalanda district as he was almost lynched. As Hindutva goons thrashed him, he cried out to his God to spare his life for the sake of his children.
APRIL 23, 2023 (Click to Read)

Fire At Rohingya Refugee Camp In Nuh, Haryana, 32 Shanties Gutted
Aasif Mujtaba who runs Miles2Smiles Foundation in New Delhi said his group has started our relief work at the camp after the fire. “We have distributed woollen clothes and 34 good quality blankets to these distressed".
APRIL 11, 2023 (Click to Read)

TOGETHER, THEY GROW
However, Miles2Smile is not just an educational beneficiary. It has also been restoring their lost livelihoods, smiles and hopes for their futures. As envisioned by the UNHCR Refugee Education Strategy 2030, released in September 2019, Miles2Smile ensures an approach of inclusion where regional actors and host communities .
APRIL 11, 2023 (Click to Read)

Ram Navami Violence: Bihar Police Arrest Scores of Muslim Youth, Minorsl
Miles2Smile, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), is providing rehabilitation and assistance to the affected people, Aasif Mujataba, founder of the NGO and a social activist, told Clarion India.“We are working on the ground.
APRIL 07, 2023 (Click to Read)

Children of The Delhi Violence: Finding Safety in a School
Three years after the northeast Delhi riots left 53 people dead and hundreds injured, homeless and jobless, a school in Ghaziabad is attempting to rehabilitate riot-hit children. Article 14 visited Sunrise Public School, where the first batch of 148 children had grown to 385 students
FEB 28, 2023 (Click to Read)

This school in Ghaziabad helps rebuild lives of Delhi’s riot-affected children
Mujtaba decided to start a school for riot-affected children after meeting Arsh, a 14-year-old boy, who was “afraid of returning to school” in the aftermath of the riots. A two-dozen-strong mob burnt down Arsh’s father Mohammad Saleem.
FEB 26, 2023 (Click to Read)

Three years on, the shadow of Delhi riots looms over children – and their friendships
“Relief and rehabilitation for people who lost relatives or their property is a long-drawn process. It takes years to take them out of the trauma,” said Mujtaba.
FEB 26, 2023 (Click to Read)

DEMOLISHING MUSLIM PROPERTIES IN INDIA
Aasif Mujtaba, the founder of Miles2Smile, a group working for the rehabilitation of people affected by violence in north India, claims there is no remedy as the state becomes the “perpetrator” of targeting the people.
FEB 08, 2023 (Click to Read)

Being discriminated, difficult to get house help jobs after Jahangirpuri riots, say women from minority community
NGO Miles 2 Smile, which helped families whose makeshift shops were demolished in the anti-encroachment drive, estimates that in areas of C-Block where it worked.
JAN 20, 2023 (Click to Read)

Jahangirpuri: Muslim women face discrimination in getting house help jobs post riots
NGO Miles 2 Smile, which helped families whose makeshift shops were demolished in the anti-encroachment drive, estimates that in areas of C-Block where it worked.
JAN 20, 2023 (Click to Read)

Hindutva Pop Is the New Soundtrack to the Anti-Muslim Movement in India
Aasif Mujtaba, a minority rights activist and founder of Miles2Smile Foundation, a nonprofit organization that serves Rohingya refugees and survivors of religious attacks across the country.
DEC 22, 2022 (Click to Read)

Teachers’ Day 2022: Meet Islamuddin, a Delhi riot victim who teaches at school
Teachers' Day 2022: He teaches Hindi as well as Social Science and tries to help students work through their own trauma at Sunrise Public School, Ghaziabad.
EP 04, 2022 (Click to Read)

How Businesses Of Three Muslim Men Were Brought Back To Normal In Violence-hit Karauli
Month after communal clashes broke out in Rajasthan’s Karauli leaving 35 people injured, several vehicles and shops set on fire.
MAY 08, 2022 (Click to Read)

Social activists meet anti-Muslim violence victims in MP, to provide legal aid and relief
sif Mujtaba (Director, Miles2Smile Foundation) and other social activists visited Khargone and Sendhwa districts in Madhya Pradesh in the last few days
APRIL 07, 2023 (Click to Read)

'हमारे सामने हमारे पापा को मार दिया था, उनकी बहुत याद आती है'
दिल्ली दंगों को दो साल से ज़्यादा वक़्त बीत चुका है, इन दंगों में कई लोगों ने अपनी जान गंवा दी थी, उन लोगों के बच्चे आज किस हाल में जी रहे हैं. बीबीसी संवाददाता बुशरा शेख़ की यह रिपोर्ट देखिए.
APRIL 22, 2022 (Click to Read)

Of Nightmares and Dreams: Children Deal with Aftermath of Delhi Riots 2020
Their fathers snatched away, the children who lost it all to the 2020 Delhi riots are struggling to move on Even the slightest commotion takes Khushi back to the afternoon of 24 February.
MAY 08, 2022 (Click to Read)

'My Husband Was Burnt In Front Of My Child’: Two Years On, Delhi Riot Victims Await Justice and Closure
North-East Delhi resident Mallika will never forget the chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ amid the shrieks of her husband.
MARCH 03, 2022 (Click to Read)

For children impacted by Delhi riots, a school to help them with trauma
The Sunrise Public School in Ghaziabad's Loni tries to help these children rebuild their lives.When the Delhi riots broke out in February 2020 numerous children bore witness to
FEB 28, 2022 (Click to Read)

दिल्ली: माता-पिता को खोने के बाद किस हालात में जी रहे हैं बच्चें?
दिली में घटी भयावह घटना को दो साल हो चुके है. इस दौरान जिन बच्चों ने अपने परिजनों को खोया आज वे बीती बातों को भुलाने की कोशिश के साथ आगे बढ़ने की कोशिश में हैं.
FEB 26, 2022 (Click to Read)

Across the divide, children who lost parents in 2020 Delhi violence struggle to move forward
Two years since 53 people were killed in violence that broke out on February 23, 2020, children of families who lost members.
FEB 23, 2022 (Click to Read)

Blinded in Delhi pogrom: Shahrukh says “no hope for justice”
Shahrukh, a cloth seller, was dragged out of a moving auto and brutally thrashed by a Hindu mob in northeast Delhi’s Shiv Vihar.
FEB 02, 2022 (Click to Read)

“Life without our papa isn’t the same”: Children of Delhi pogrom
Asad (11) and his brother Ayaan (9) sit on their terrace in Loni, Ghaziabad, their second home; they are playful but reserved. Both brothers had just arrived home from a school function.
FEB 05, 2022 (Click to Read)

Rohingya refugees in India fear deportation
Indian officials have called for the deportation of nearly 40,000 Rohingya refugees, many of whom live in dire conditions. The government claims they are a threat to national security, but critics say it is a campaign of discrimination.
NOV 18, 2021 (Click to Read)

India contradicts its own Constitutional 'Right to Live' by depriving basic rights for Muslim
The exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar has been filled by exceeding violence. With a proportion of the community now seeking refuge.
SEP 10, 2021 (Click to Read)

Wounded, Paralysed, but Still Jailed: Delhi Riots Victim Recounts 17-Month-Long Ordeal
Mohd. Shahid had been healing from a gunshot received in the communal conflagration in North East Delhi last February when he was arrested.
SEP 09, 2021 (Click to Read)

How Aasif Mujtaba And His Miles2Smile Is Rebuilding Lives Of Kids Affected In Delhi Pogrom
The 2020 Delhi Pogrom displaced scores of people from their homes and the children could not go back to school.
JULY 30, 2021 (Click to Read)

Mosque in Indian capital’s Rohingya camp bulldozed: Refugees
New Delhi, India – Police and civil authorities in the Indian capital have demolished a makeshift mosque in a Rohingya camp, say the refugees, weeks after a massive fire had engulfed.
JULY 22, 2021 (Click to Read)

A year after Delhi pogrom, this school brings hope to survivors
Aasif Mujtaba, runs the school under his relief group called Miles2smile. Life overturned for Mohammed Saleem.
MARCH 02, 2021 (Click to Read)

School rebuilds lives of kids affected in riots
Sunrise Public School in Loni was started by a PhD scholar from IIT-Delhi. A school for north-east riot victims has been running near the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border since November last year.
FEB 24, 2021 (Click to Read)

India: Fire rips through Rohingya camp, leaving hundreds homeless
New Delhi, India – A massive fire has destroyed a Rohingya refugee camp in the Indian capital, New Delhi, leaving hundreds of people homeless.
JAN 21, 2021 (Click to Read)

A Chilling Past, an Insecure Future: How Delhi Riots Scarred Kids
Miles2Smile, a non-profit organisation that among other things established a free school for riot victims. While Tina and Anas are hopeful about moving ahead in their lives, they doubt.
JAN 15, 2021 (Click to Read)

'Only His Shoes Survived': Victims Struggle to Recover from Horrors of Delhi Riots
Rukshana Bano's husband was among the 53 people killed in the violence. Almost six months later, there has been no progress in punishing the guilty.
AUG 12, 2020 (Click to Read)

Riot victims stitch back their lives by sewing safety gear
The eldest of six siblings, Saina was worried after her father’s e-rickshaw was burnt, home and grocery shop damaged in the riots. Eighteen-year-old Saina, a resident of Shiv Vihar in northeast Delhi, has had little to do since her.
APRIL 15, 2020 (Click to Read)

Muslim survivors of Delhi riots develop COVID-19 PPE kits
Muslim women who survived the communal riots of North East Delhi – which killed over 50 – are now the “khalasis” of Personal Protective Equipment kits for COVID-19.
APRIL 14, 2020 (Click to Read)

Unlocking hope in the face of a lockdown
Service to humanity is the only motivation for Aasif Mujtaba Thirty-one-year-old Aasif Mujtaba is often mistaken for a lawyer, and sometimes a doctor.
MARCH 30, 2020 (Click to Read)

Delhi violence: Students and humanitarian groups reach to heal wounds and end starving
After days of carnage in northeast Delhi which took nearly 50 lives, relief groups reach the riot-affected regions with food, medicine.
FEB 29, 2020 (Click to Read)

Aasif Mujtaba rekindles hope for riot-affected children
Aasif, a Delhi-based campaigner, launched his mission by imparting skills to stay-at-home Muslim girls skills that could become their source of livelihood.Aasif Mujtaba is the founder of the NGO Miles2Smile Foundation which works out of Southeast Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh Miles2Smiles.
DEC 18, 2022 (Click to Read)

Karauli Violence: Twitter Users Raise Funds For Man Who Was Inconsolable After He Lost His Shop
Hours after Aasif Mujtba took to Twitter to share the ordeal of a man who lost his only livelihood in Karauli violence, the journalist tweeted that over Rs 3 lakh have been raised for the man.
APRIL 14, 2022 (Click to Read)

Fire At Rohingya Refugee Camp In Nuh, Haryana, 32 Shanties Gutted
Aasif Mujtaba who runs Miles2Smiles Foundation in New Delhi said his group has started our relief work at the camp after the fire. “We have distributed woollen clothes and blankets to these distressed families
FEB 29, 2020 (Click to Read)

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