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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...

Economy

Food Price Spike: How Farmers’ Protest Saved the Country

prabhat patnaik - September 26, 2023

If the infamous three laws hadn’t been withdrawn, procurement would have been privatised and the government would have had no means of combating inflation.

Communal Organisations

Far right, Hindutva ideology sparks concerns: tridents and pledges deepen communal divides in India’s Heartland

sabrangindia - September 25, 2023

Tridents as Symbols: Unmasking the Ideological Shift in Rajasthan's Communal Landscape."

Media

No Primetime Segment as anti-Muslim slurs rocked parliament last Thursday

sabrangindia - September 25, 2023

Anti-Muslim slurs against MP in parliament do not make the cut for commercial new media channels (“mainstream media”) even as social media was ablaze with outrage last Friday

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