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The script of democracy: Power, language, and consciousness in Dhoomil’s ‘Patakatha’

Sudama Pandey 'Dhoomil's "Patakatha" ("The Script") stands as one of the most searching poetic examinations of Indian democracy ever written. Rather than chronicling political...

Policing Autonomy & Faith: Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion law gets President’s assent

The law’s provisions on prior declaration, third-party complaints and reversal of burden of proof mirror challenges already before the Supreme Court

TISS, Mumbai: When convocation gives way to caution

The abrupt postponement of TISS' annual convocation, reportedly amid fears of protests during Chief Justice Surya Kant's visit, reflects a growing tendency to suppress anticipated dissent rather than accommodate it

A Small Leap Forward: Chhattisgarh, Mining, Democracy and Gumipal

The year 2026 marks a century of mining in Chhattisgarh. In 1926, mining began at the Jhagrakhand colliery in the erstwhile princely state of...

The Citizenship Proof Paradox: Calcutta HC holds Aadhaar, Voter ID and PAN cannot prove citizenship, burden on detainee

The Court’s refusal to treat voter IDs, PAN cards, bank records and ancestral documents as proof of nationality highlights the widening gap between documentary recognition by the State and legal recognition of citizenship

Khargone riots case collapses: Four years after Ram Navami violence, MP court acquits 11 accused, finds prosecution failed to establish guilt

A sessions court points to hostile witnesses, unexplained delays, lack of identification procedures and forensic inconsistencies; accused, all of whom who were Muslim, spent up to 827 days in jail

Kajri: When the Village Sang Together in “Sawan”

Harē Rāma rim-jhim barsē pāniyā, Jhūlē Rādhā rāniyā hē Hari. Hari kī saṅgē jhūlē vṝndāvana mēṁ, Śyām saṅgē jhūlē vṝndāvana mēṁ, Chāī ghāṭā ghanaghōrā hē Hari… Harē Rāma rim-jhim...

SIR Maharashtra: CEO details schedules for publication & verification of draft and final electoral rolls

Maharashtra, with 9,78,54,049 has electors which is the base figure for the re-examination of electoral rolls under the ongoing SIR; now the CEO Maharashtra has outlined a schedule detailing deadlines for enumeration, draft publication, claims and objections, verification, final electoral roll publication and post-publication correction procedures

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