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Left Parties Take Out Huge Peace Rally in Kolkata Against War, Terrorism, Communalism

Speakers welcome ceasefire but flay US President Donald Trump “poking his nose” in Indo-Pak affairs.

One woman against a thousand superstitions, Birubala Rabha’s battle against the superstition of ‘Witch-Hunting’

Though this pioneering feminist activist breathed her last on May 13, 2024, her work with the Thakurvilla Mahila Samiti and Missiom Birubala has been recognized internationally and May 13 has been declared Anti-Superstition Day in Assam

Rape is aggression, domination, consent must be instant specific, not dictated by morality tests: Bombay High Court

In a landmark judgement delivered on May 6, Maksud Gaffur Sheikh v. State of Maharashtra, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay HC reaffirmed the legal sanctity of continuing and specific consent and rejected character assassination of survivors/victims in rape trials

Whose Interests is India’s Tech Workforce Serving?

We must take control of our labour and knowledge, says this open letter to India’s engineers, scientists and developers.

A Republic That Listens: The Supreme Court’s poetic defence of dissent through Imran Pratapgarhi judgment

In quashing the FIR against MP Imran Pratapgarhi, the Supreme Court reasserts that metaphors are not misdemeanours and that in a democracy, the right to dissent is not a crime but a constitutional commitment

Trolled for Duty: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri locks X account amid right-wing abuse over India-Pakistan ceasefire

From grieving widows to uniformed officers and veteran journalists, a toxic online ecosystem—enabled by silence at the top—continues to vilify those who speak truth, show empathy, or simply do their jobs

South Asia must stay away from war: High risks and costs for all

South Asia may have only 3 per cent of the world’s area but with a population of slightly over 2 billion people, it has...

Treading Carefully: Illusion of Accountability in an age of social media content creation

In over a decade of non-transparency and unaccountability from traditional media, citizens need to guard against treating all social media content creators as journalists

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