From the use of the word ‘Harijan’ alone, to the absence of acknowledgement of structural discrimination within Bangladesh (and Pakistan) the Dalit movement has a long way to go in both Islamic countries
From Phule to Punjab '95, the Central Board of Film Certification is curating history by muting anti-caste voices and sanitising state violence — revealing a disturbing bias in what stories are allowed to be told
Nestled within the prestigious confines of Cambridge, Massachusetts, I was taken aback to read reports of violent riots engulfing Nagpur. It was disturbing on...
Left and democratic parties, civil society groups, MVA constituents and grassroots movements unite to demand withdrawal of the MSPS Bill, warning of grave threats to constitutional freedoms and democratic dissent
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, at 88 years, a day after making an appearance at Saint Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday. He was recognised as a humble pontiff, a progressive Pope and a global voice for peace, and justice.
From a brutal assault in rural Maharashtra to death threats in a Delhi courtroom, the message is chillingly clear: women who uphold the law are not safe
“The President’s order which was laid before parliament were simply torn into pieces by Parliament whose decisions seems to have been actuated more by the conveniences of individual members of the house rather than by the consideration of their general interest”[1]- remark of Charu Charan Biswas, second law minister of India over first delimitation in independent India.
In a heartfelt letter, Ipsa Shatakshi — wife of jailed journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh — wrote of three years of silence, courage, and the slow suffering behind bars, her words paint a portrait of a journalist punished not for crime, but for conscience
Today, October 24, is the 110th death anniversary of the bold, innovative, rebellious, and unabashedly realistic Urdu fiction writer Ismat Chughtai! Born on August 21, 1915, she passed away at the age of 76 in Mumbai on October 24, 1991; Sabrangindia recalls her unique contribution with this piece by Taran Khan
Be it on the issue of the disproportionately stringent control over the Islamic institution of Waqf (as compared to the administration of Hindu muths or temples), the Supreme Court’s part interim reliefs to the controversial 2025 Waqf Amendment Act, risk a judicial stamp on the state’s sledgehammer approach; a detailed analysis of the SC’s interim order dated September 15, 2025
In the build-up to the Bihar state elections, BJP leaders make a string of hate speech’s with BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur also saying that if a daughter goes to a ‘non-believer’s house’, her ‘legs should be broken’