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How Prisons Become Spaces of Quiet Erasure

The refusal to deliver a letter with posters to Gulshifa was not a surprise. Many who write to political prisoners have faced similar outcomes.

Bihar 2025 Election: EC drops parental birth document requirement for 4.96 crore electors and their children in Bihar

Amidst ongoing protest, opposition and debate surrounding the hastily announced revision process in Bihar, the Election Commission of India has now taken a step back; it has uploaded the 2003 Bihar electoral rolls, exempting 4.96 crore electors, and their children born after 1987, from submitting parental birth documents; individuals not on the 2003 list can still use its extracts for parental details, directly by the voters themselves

Business requirement? Modi’s quiet push for English in Gujarat despite Sangh’s swadeshi garb

This blog is a continuation of my story "English proficiency for empowerment: Modi’s SCOPE vision contrasts Amit Shah’s remark". I personally found nothing unusual in the...

Poonch Court orders FIR against Zee News, News18 for falsely labelling deceased teacher as “Pakistani terrorist” during Operation Sindoor coverage

While court orders FIR for defamation and public mischief, CJP had earlier filed complaint with broadcaster highlighting defamatory, Islamophobic coverage

Azad Maidan erupts in protest as Maharashtra set to enact sweeping law aimed at silencing dissent

Left fronts and opposition unite in massive mobilisation as controversial law heads for tabling and passage without any heed to objections raised

Disregarding Due Process: Debunking the justification of push-outs in Assam

1)  Disregarding Due ProcessSince May 23, 2025 individuals declared to be Foreigners (Bangladeshi) (DFN) by the Foreigners Tribunals (FT), which are quasi-judicial bodies tasked...

Bihar: Sinister move by ECI as ‘intensive’ revision of electoral roles set to exclude vast majority of legitimate voters

Usurping the powers to test ‘Indian citizenship’, powers that do not lie with the ECI, the latest move by CEC Gyanesh Kumar is not just unlawful and hasty but violative of the Indian Constitution and the Representation of Peoples Act, 1950 and the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960

Dalit Justice Demanded: CJP exposes 30 brutal anti-Dalits atrocities, urges NCSC to confront nationwide caste violence under Article 338

Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) filed a scathing complaint with the NCSC, meticulously detailing 30 horrific anti-Dalit atrocities across nine states – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra – from April to June 2025, these range from sexual assaults and murders to denial of basic rights, directly violating the PoA Act and highlighting an urgent, systemic failure demanding immediate intervention and accountability for perpetrators

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