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Hate transcending the boundaries: Whither dictates by Supreme Leaders

After RSS was formed it went on creating many organizations steeped in its ideology of Hindutva or Hindu Nationalism, a concept based on Aryan...

Is India’s unique experiment on people’s democracy with the right to universal franchise being lampooned by a compliant Election Commission?

December 31, 2024Many epithets have been used to describe the regime in place at the centre in India since May 2014 and it is...

Gruesome murder of Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in Beed triggers state-wide protests, political fallout in the ruling government, and rampant calls for justice

The brutal abduction, torture, and murder of Deshmukh, who opposed a local extortion racket linked to powerful NCP leaders, has led to a surge of protests across Maharashtra by political leaders across spectrum; demands for swift justice, scrutiny intensifies over the involvement of senior politicians and the government's delayed response to rising criminality in Beed

Voices of resistance: Indigenous peoples’ struggle against the Siang Mega-Dam in Arunachal Pradesh

Siang Indigenous Farmers' Forum (SIFF) have alleged that the displacement caused by the project would render over 100,000 members of the Adi tribe landless, threatening their survival and forcing them into poverty; a history of India’s internal displacement of its peoples through “projects” shows a record that is blighting

Ravi Kiran Jain, advocate, human rights practitioner doyen of the human rights movement passes away

One of the most vociferous advocates for human rights, resident of Allahabad and formerly national president of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Ravi Kiran Jain passes away at 78

Fight far from over: Punjab farmers bring State to a standstill with Bandh amid hunger strike, a chakka jam, disruptions in road and rail...

Punjab farmers intensify agitation, demanding legal MSP guarantee, comprehensive debt relief, and resolution of pending grievances in state-wide bandh; hunger strike by farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal remains ongoing even as Supreme Court criticises government’s handling of the leader’s health

A principled PM, a determined law minister: Nehru, Ambedkar & Opposition in Indian Politics

The author, a PHD student traces how Nehru and Ambedkar were allies and not adversaries in their commitment and desires to ensure equal rights for Hindu women through the passage of the Hindu Code Bill

Fight words with words, IMSD opposes banning of books

Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) does not support the call by certain Muslim organisations for a re-ban on Salman Rushdie’s book Satanic Verses.

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