sabrang

The Taj Story & Resurgence of a Myth, the ideological engineering of a Brahmanical narrative of pseudo-history

Aditya Krishna Deora - December 10, 2025

Tejo Mahalay & Mina Bazar: P. N. Oak’s Pseudohistory demeaning both Muslims & Rajputs, is both Communal and Casteist; P. N. Oak’s legacy is not one of historical revision but of ideological engineering. His “Tejo Mahalay” myth and “Mina Bazar” fantasy are not just anti-Muslim—they are anti-Rajput and fundamentally Brahminical

Rule of Law

Gujarat High Court calls out “routine emergency”, strikes down years of Section 144 orders, demands transparency in all future restrictions

CJP Team - December 10, 2025

In its ruling, the Court holds that Ahmedabad Police normalised extraordinary powers, suppressed peaceful dissent, and failed to inform the public — directing that all future prohibitory orders must be published across social media and modern communication platforms

Health

Mobile as Opium: A Nation Sedated By Screens

AJ Philip - December 10, 2025

The Late Prof M. P. Manmathan (1915–1994) belonged to that rare tribe of public intellectuals Kerala once produced in abundance—men who combined scholarship with...

India

The Tamil Nadu Challenge: The Self-Respect Movement and Periyar E.V. Ramasami

SV Rajadurai - December 9, 2025

Of late, in Tamil Nadu, the Communists and the Self Respecters (members of the DK) who have until now been viewing each other with disdain until two decades ago, have, through the re-discovery of Periyar by the former realised the value of a political reaffirmation of the fundamentals of the Self-Respect Movement. This is crucial in the state given the current context of the brutal march of ‘Hindutva Hegemons’. Both movements now face a historical challenge, in theory and practice, to be able to convincingly – and through action - club the anti-caste struggle with the class struggle

India

Baba Adhav the grassroots campaigner and leader of the socially oppressed passed away at 96

sabrangindia - December 9, 2025

An intrepid and committed social reformer and organiser of the urban working class, labourers, domestic workers, waste-pickers, Baba Adhav of the “Ek Gaon Ek Panavtha” (One Village One Water Source/Well), who challenged the caste system, died in Pune on Monday December 8

India

It is religion-based politics that refuses to root out caste: Baba Adhav in conversation with Teesta Setalvad

sabrangindia - December 9, 2025

In October 2014, Baba Adhav had this illuminating conversation with Teesta Setalvad, co-editor of Sabrangindia

Rights

Bombay HC bail for Hany Babu signals a critical reassessment of the Bhima Koregaon Case

CJP Team - December 9, 2025

After nearly five years of incarceration under the UAPA, the High Court’s decision marks a pivotal shift in a prosecution dogged by forensic uncertainty, procedural delay and mounting constitutional concerns

Politics

Nearly 50 lakh names flagged for deletion in West Bengal, state government announces Rs. 2 Lakh relief for SIR-linked deaths, CM Mamta Banerjee launches...

Aman Khan - December 8, 2025

The SIR flagged almost 50 lakh names in West Bengal as potentially removable from the voters’ list, triggering a wave of anxiety among the electors, 39 deaths the state links to “SIR panic,” the TMC government has announced compensation and block-level help camps from December 12 to assist affected residents

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The assault on Pune activist Vidyanand Bapat reveals how a demand for lawful, quieter festivals became entangled with political power, religious identity and intolerance of dissent

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Kishtwar Minor’s Rape Case: Selective societal outrage and price of being Gujjar in Kashmir

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Education

The Normalisation of Suicide at IITs: Institutional blindness and failure

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The recent protest at the Lecture Hall of IIT Delhi where slogans of “Investigation, Compensation, and Resignation”, were raised by the student collective raises the crucial demand for redistributive justice, firstly demanding that the administration to recognise these deaths as the failure of institutions to recognise structural inequities, denials and cruelties.

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