Surge in sectarian violence puts Pakistan’s minority Hazara community in state of fear and frustration.

Surge in sectarian violence puts Pakistan’s minority Hazara community in state of fear and frustration.

Dalit woman, who escaped life of poverty with full scholarship to Bard College last year, wins Youth Courage award.
![Katti was one of the six awardees of the 2014 UN Youth Courage Awards [Purvi Thacker/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014111062743115734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Persecuted by Islamic State, ethnic Yazidi in the US call on the international community to help their families.
![Yazidi protesters at the UN called for humanitarian aid for their besieged relatives in Iraq [Purvi Thacker]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20149592030130734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Sikhs have begun a national dialogue about identity on second anniversary of the shooting at a Sikh temple.

Well-organised support among Indian-Americans for BJP’s prime ministerial candidate is eclipsing that of rival parties.
![NRIs gathered at the start of the Hindu New Year to campaign for Modi in New Jersey [Purvi Thacker/ Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/201441711029834734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)