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Four years behind bars, Sharjeel Imam still waits for a fair trial

Serving as an under trial prisoner since 2020 and not convicted so far, Sharjeel Imam, taken into custody after the anti-CAA movements when activists associated with the movement were being arrested, has completed more than half of the maximum sentence that the cases against him suggest

76th Anniversary of Gandhiji’s Martyrdom: Killers identified by Sardar Patel, then Home Minister of India

This remembrance is a compilation, in chronological order of all the communications of Sardar Patel's home ministry, his letters to Nehru, Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Golwalkar on Gandhiji's murder. Tomorrow is January 30, the 76th anniversary of the assassination, the first act of terror in independent India

Mira Road: Muslim youth allegedly beaten in custody, denied food as Nitesh Rane tells supporters, “The Government is with you.”

Last week Mumbai’s Mira Road saw widespread violence as a mob of Hindutva supporters had rallied in the area and subjected the residents and their properties to violence. Rane, implicated earlier for making incendiary statements allegedly, once again is in the news for a controversial speech

75th Republic Day of India: Hindutva Juggernaut Rolls on to Demolish Democratic-Secular Indian Republic?

Since Narender Bhai Modi, who claims to be a ‘Hindu Nationalist’ and member of RSS took charge as PM of India, the largest democracy...

Around the inauguration of Ram Temple, communal tension erupted in Uttar Pradesh

Reports of several communally charged incidents have arisen in the state

Maharashtra leaders call for peace amidst Mira Road violence

As the nation shakes with the incidents of violence that took place last week in the wake of the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Mumbai’s Mira Road tries to come to normalcy after violence and propaganda rocked the area.

Temples should propagate equal respect to all religions: Gandhi on inaugurating Birla Temple

Satyapal Malik, the ex-Governor of many states stated that the role of Pulwama and Balakot was very much there in the victory of Modi-BJP...

Let’s Save the Republic on our 75th Republic Day

This 75th Republic Day celebration of India provides an opportunity to reflect on the critical challenges faced by the Indian state and to contemplate...

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The Double Stage: Caste’s Schizophrenic Modernity between Spectacle and Shadow

Caste from the pre-modern, colonial to the post-Republican; this analysis draws from, among others, works by Nicholas Dirks (2001), Anand Teltumbde (2014) and Gopal Guru (2016) to map this transition showing that contemporary caste should be best understood as a sort of social schizophrenia driven by imaginative acts whereby power perpetuates itself through a convoluted hermetic legitimising act in India.

UGC Guidelines 2026: AISA Protest at Delhi University followed by sexual abuse allegations amid police presence

Delhi university has seen persistent protest by Ambedkarite and left groups demanding implementation of the UGC Guidelines 2026 that were summarily stayed by the Supreme Court; in one such, a confrontation during a mobilisation over UGC equity regulations, AISA women leaders were subject to brute and allegedly sexualised threats, while a right-wing YouTuber filed a separate assault complaint; police have registered parallel FIRs
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