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Horrifying instances of rape in MP and Mahrashtra, accused booked under POCSO

sabrangindia - September 27, 2023

Reports of two minors have been raped have emerged from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain and Mumbai’s Jogeshwari.

An open letter to the JNU VC: Your association with RSS defies humanism, anti-colonial struggle for Indian democracy!

Shamsul Islam - September 27, 2023

This open letter by historian, Shamsul Islam traces the history of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) today stigmatised by the supremacist ideology of practioneers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

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Hiding the Poor but letting poverty reign- skewed policy on urban poor needs change

A Legal Researcher - September 27, 2023

The G20 summit and the allied meetings India has been hoisting for the past year saw participation of delegates in various meetings, in various...

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Alarming Odisha arrests, ‘illegal’ detentions ahead of Vedanta bauxite public hearing

Counterview Desk - September 27, 2023

More than 80 lawyers, legal academics and researchers have written to the Governor of Odisha raising concerns about the “alarming arrests and illegal detentions”...

Hate Speech

Is There a Hidden Narrative Behind Slurs Hurled in Parliament?

Ajay Gudavarthy - September 27, 2023

BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s outburst in the Lok Sabha empowers neither women nor the backward classes.

Communalism

Maharashtra tops states in anti-Muslim hate speech, 80 % of hate in BJP ruled states: Hindutva Watch

Aarushi Srivastava - September 26, 2023

A disturbingly high level of incidents all over the country but most especially in BJP-ruled states make lives of Indian minorities both fragile and vulnerable

History

Understanding the nuances of the Goa ‘conversion’ and persecution debate

Gilbert Lawrence - September 26, 2023

From colonisation, persecution, forced conversion, and the Inquisition, this article from a chapter in a forthcoming book by the authors explores the dynamics of Goa’s early colonial population dispersion

Gender and Sexuality

India ‘lacks’ evidence of contraception use, has one of highest adolescent pregnancies

Md Juel Rana - September 26, 2023

The international community has been celebrating World Contraception Day on September 26 every year for the past 15 years. On this day, a number...

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