There is no defending the cruelty of mass sacrifices of goats during Bakri Id in public places but speaking of environmental concerns, is people’s outrage conveniently targeting only religious practices be it of any religion?
Aim to seek greater accountability from platforms, “legacy and reputed” fact-checking units of media companies to be allowed to seek registration in the first phase
Though five years have passed, and two major investigations have revealed gross lapses in the investigation, the trial is not underway and six of the 16 languish in jail, one is under house arrest
An initiative of eight SAARC countries, the South Asian University (SAU) situated in the prestigious Chanakyapuri area is mired in nepotism, slashing student scholarships and now targeting academics
In this powerful essay of self-expression, theatre and film director, Asmit Pathare explores the challenging world of a young artist challenged by deep schisms in society, driven deeper by a politics that thrives on division and repression.
While closing the challenge to a withdrawn film title, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that vilifying any community is constitutionally impermissible — even as it robustly defended artistic freedom under Article 19(1)(a), striking a careful balance between dignity and dissent in a 75-year-old Republic
Unlike the North Indian Kumbh, the Bharatapuzha by contrast has never functioned as a Pan-Hindu pilgrimage centre. It has no historical association with mass ritual bathing, no priestly networks that regulate sacred time, and no inherited mythological mandate that binds the river to cyclical purification rites. The introduction of the Maha Magha Mahotsavam is a clear cultural imposition by Hindutva
Two complaints, one by former JNUSU president, Dhananjay and the second BY Suraj Kumar Baudh, an activist, take on Santishree D. Pandit, Vice-Chancellor of JNU for her recent casteist and racist comments
Four decades after the 1983 exodus, thousands of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees remain classified as foreigners despite generations of residence in India — even as citizenship becomes a visible electoral assurance in Bengal through CAA-linked mobilisation