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Manufactured Realities: Assam BJP’s AI video and the politics of fear

A dystopian campaign film weaponises misinformation, vilifies Muslims, and rewrites Assam’s history — exposing the dangerous nexus of technology, politics, and communal polarisation

Between Free Speech and Public Order: Dissecting the complaint against Anjana Om Kashyap

A ruling by a Lucknow court against an Aaj Tak anchor couches this existing debate on the question of whether the responsibility for divisive programming falls on either the individual presenter or the network.

Protection of Democracy and Socialism Is The Way to Remember Yechury

This is the full text of the first Sitaram Yechury memorial lecture delivered by eminent historian Professor Irfan Habib at Harkishan Singh Surjit Bhavan in New...

“Vote Chori Factory”: Rahul Gandhi accuses ECI of protecting electoral fraud, demands action in 7 days

Rahul Gandhi alleges a centralised voter fraud using fake logins, automated deletions, and identity theft; accuses CEC of shielding culprits; demands ECI release data to Karnataka CID within 7 days or face institutional accountability

Defamation, Dissent, and Democracy: The Bombay High Court’s transfer of Sanatan Sanstha suits

The Bombay High Court’s transfer of Sanatan Sanstha’s defamation suits reveals how free expression, fair trial rights, and accountability for ideological violence collide in India’s courts

The Word is the World: How the Delhi riots conspiracy case ritualises silence

After five years, the Delhi High Court was able to look the people of India in the eye and declare that the trial is “progressing at a natural pace”

Periyar the icon of social justice and humanism

Periyar's interaction with Ambedkarites in the Hindi belt are extremely crucial to understand his philosophy on Untouchability and caste discrimination

Allahabad HC grants bail in UAPA case over WhatsApp video; raises questions on overuse of stringent national security laws

Accused Savej, charged with ‘waging war’ and serious BNS offences for circulating a Pakistan-made video critical of PM Modi, released on bail; Court cites lack of criminal history, procedural lapses, and Article 21 right to speedy trial, raising concerns about misuse of stringent anti-terror provisions

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