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To My Valentine…

shivasundar - February 14, 2025

I wait for you,Oh, my love…Like a weary farmerWaiting for the rain.Like a lost childLonging for its mother.Like an innocent prisonerHoping for bail.Yes..Now I...

Minorities

Persecution of Christians: Women leaders appeal to President Murmu

sabrangindia - February 14, 2025

Christian women leaders and community representatives have made an urgent appeal today, February 14, by email to President Draupadi Murmu highlighting the escalating persecution of Christian women across multiple states in India.

Gender and Sexuality

D*ck or fist

Priyanka Parulekar - February 14, 2025

This piece, penned in rage and with a broken heart as a young student of the law in Mumbai read of the news of the brazen acquittal of a murderer-rapist husband by the Chhattisgarh High Court. As a collective media silence and violent trivia twirls around our public discourse, Sabrangindia publishes this as tribute (and solidarity with) hundreds of thousands of young and not so young women who have felt deeply betrayed by this verdict as also by the wider silence around it

Rights

Crackdown on Student Dissent: Jamia Millia Islamia’s heavy-handed response to peaceful protests

sabrangindia - February 14, 2025

Detentions, suspensions, and allegations of police brutality mark the University’s efforts to suppress student voices

Gender and Sexuality

A Licence to Violate: Chhattisgarh HC’s ruling on marital rape exposes a legal travesty’

sabrangindia - February 14, 2025

By extending the marital rape exception to unnatural sexual offences, dismissing a dying woman’s testimony, and ignoring Supreme Court precedents, the Chhattisgarh High Court has delivered a judgment that strips married women of their right to bodily autonomy

Hate Speech

India’s Hate Speech Crisis: 1,165 cases recorded in 2024, up 74.4% from 2023

sabrangindia - February 13, 2025

From political rallies to religious processions, hate speech surged by 74.4% in 2024 - driven by the BJP, Hindu nationalist groups, and unchecked social media amplification

Gender and Sexuality

The Debate around Section 498A: Misuse or inappropriate application?

Tanya Arora - February 13, 2025

As Section 498A transitions into Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the debate over its misuse and necessity continues - can reforms strike the right balance?

Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Minister’s casteist remarks and tribal violence spark fury

sabrangindia - February 12, 2025

In a deeply disturbing trend of gender-based violence, incidents of tribal women being assaulted and paraded naked have emerged from Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Manipur. These brutal attacks have reignited concerns over the safety and dignity of marginalized communities in India.

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West Bengal: SIR unravelled

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Multiple reports of serious anomalies in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process being unilaterally conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in West Bengal have come to light; exclusion of Matuas, immigrants from erstwhile east Bengal, is only one of them

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