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When History substitutes Governance: Hindutva’s Politics of Manufacturing Pasts

Aditya Krishna Deora -
Inventing kings, rebranding dynasties, and fabricating history to mask policy failure and engineer caste-communal politics
Communal Organisations

Fractured Fault lines: Violence, governance gaps, and rising tensions across Odisha

Tanya Arora -
From church vandalism and communal flashpoints to tribal resistance, welfare exclusions, and political impunity—recent developments point to deepening fault lines in Odisha’s social and administrative landscape
India

“Inside the SIR”: Booklet flags ‘mechanical disenfranchisement’ in electoral roll revision

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CJP–VFD publication combines training manual and ground documentation to question ongoing voter verification exercise
Communalism

Censorship and the Drumbeats of Hate: Mapping the state of free speech ahead of the 2026 polls

Tanya Arora -
A new report by Free Speech Collective traces five years of censorship, criminalisation of dissent, and the rise of hate-driven political discourse across Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry—raising urgent questions about the conditions for free and fair elections
Politics

AERO dies by suicide in Kolkata, family alleges extreme election duty pressure and humiliation

Aman Khan -
A 48-year-old Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) died by suicide in South Kolkata’s Bansdroni area after consuming pesticide, the tragic death of Malabika Roy Bhattacharyya has sparked serious concerns regarding the immense pressure placed on government officials tasked with SIR/Election duties, with her family explicitly blaming the ECI for the extreme workload
Communal Organisations

UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge

Ajitesh Singh -
Be it the attack on the Gogamedi shrine in the Hanumangarh district of northern Rajasthan or the Neja Mela in the Sambhal district of western Uttar Pradesh, Hindutva’s systemic attack on India’s syncretic traditions, past and present, reveals its rigid and Brahmanical ideological orientation: imposition of a strictly hierarchical, exclusionary and structured notion of faith and practice
Minorities

No Hearing, No Notice, Just Deletion: How Bengal’s SIR Erased a Decorated IAF Officer

Shahnawaz Akhtar -
The removal of Wing Commander Md Shamim Akhtar, who served the nation for 17 years, during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) highlights a systemic lack of due process that threatens the voting rights of even the most distinguished citizens
Rights

Rights group files complaint over electoral roll purges in North 24 Parganas

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A formal complaint has been lodged with the Election Commission of India over what rights activists describe as arbitrary and unconstitutional deletions of bona...
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UAPA: Delhi HC grants Bail to Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez after close to 5 years in alleged terror funding case

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After four years and seven months of arrest, and a year and six months since he filed his appeal in the Delhi HC in December 2024, the senior human rights defender has been granted bail subject to certain conditions, on June 10, 2026
Rights

Sleeping Under an Open Sky on No-Man’s Land: Two Children, Ten Lives, and the Machinery of Exclusion

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As deep economic anxieties regarding inflation, agrarian distress, and systemic inequality intensify, governments increasingly turn belonging into a weapon. The figure of the migrant is conveniently manufactured as a scapegoat onto whom broader social frustrations can be projected. In this calculated spectacle, two children sleeping under an open sky are absurdly framed as threats to national security
World

The Five Philosophers of Football

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The AIDEM’s countdown to the FIFA World Cup 2026 continues with the essay exploring the reflections of five thinkers that address a single central question: What is football for? Each of them offers a distinct answer, but are they on some trajectory of reconciliation?
India

A soldier of grassroots research & action: Jean Drèze awarded the Global Inequality Research Award

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The award was in recognition of his outstanding work on poverty and inequality measurement in India, as well as his advocacy for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the National Food Security Act (NFSA)
India

Sumedh Jadhav and Others receive VBA’s Certificate of Honour 2026 

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Sujat Ambedkar felicitates Sumedhbhau Jadhav for his enduring role in the Dalit and human rights movements
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