About Us Contact Us

sabrang

Communalism

How communal unrest was stoked, misinformation & rumours ignited unrest in Nagpur

Tanya Arora -
Nagpur, Maharashtra erupts in communal violence after Aurangzeb Tomb protest by VHP-Bajrang Dal which itself followed weeks of hate speeches, based on misinformation, around the issue: vehicles were torched, security forces attacked, and over 50 arrested amid heavy police deployment
India

Draft DPDP Rules, 2025, seeds of both surveillance and freedom

A Legal Researcher -
The recently published Draft DPDP, 2025 Rules (Digital Personal Data Protection Rules) contain some safeguards like consent on data possession, while the shadow of a dystopian future looms large, especially with broad exemptions granted to government agencies for processing data related to public services and subsidies that, in turn, create concerning possibilities for expanded state surveillance under the guise of public interest.
History

A socialist world is possible: 2025 Marx Oration

Ashok Dhawale -
On the occasion of the 142nd death anniversary of Karl Marx, as has happened each year since March 17,1883 when Frederick Engels had delivered his historic speech at the graveside of his closest comrade and friend at the Highgate Cemetery in London, Ashok Dhawale, CPI (M) Polit Bureau and AIKS National President, along with others delivered a Marx Oration. We reproduce the text below
Media

Telangana journalists granted bail after court strikes down ‘Organised Crime’ charge

sabrangindia -
Pulse News journalists arrested in pre-dawn police raid over alleged ‘derogatory’ remarks against CM Revanth Reddy; court rejects organised crime charge, raising concerns over Telangana government’s misuse of law to suppress dissent
Rights

Delhi High Court’s takedown order against Shyam Meera Singh’s video on Isha Foundation raises free speech concerns

sabrangindia -
The Delhi High Court’s ex-parte order directs the immediate removal of Shyam Meera Singh’s YouTube video, restrains its further dissemination, and bars the public from re-uploading it
World

DRC-Rwanda: A region with repeated conflict-driven deaths requires that the escalating new crisis here must be resolved with urgency

Bharat Dogra -
When a country or region is known to be extremely vulnerable to very high harm from conflict, any escalation of violence should lead early...
India

India at the Crossroads: The delimitation exercise and its implications for democracy

A Legal Researcher -
With no census having been conducted since 2021 for no explicable reason, the follow-up constitutionally mandated exercise of delimitation will be without foundation; besides, since with each delimitation exercise, the balance of power shifts, a rigid population-based approach, without reforms in fiscal and political decentralisation, risks further centralising authority in the Union government—potentially undermining the very spirit of federalism.
Culture

Mughal Emperors Played Holi And Called It Eid-e-Gulabi

Irfan Engineer -
Amir Khusro And Other Muslim Poets Composed Beautiful Verses On Holi; Now It is Being Weaponised
1...777879...409Page 78 of 409

Stay in touch:

[td_block_social_counter facebook=”#” manual_count_facebook=”255324″ twitter=”#” manual_count_twitter=”128657″ youtube=”#” manual_count_youtube=”97058″ style=”style1″ f_counters_font_family=”831″ f_counters_font_weight=”500″ f_network_font_family=”831″ f_network_font_weight=”400″ f_btn_font_family=”831″ f_btn_font_weight=”500″ f_counters_font_size=”eyJhbGwiOiIxMiIsInBvcnRyYWl0IjoiMTEifQ==” f_network_font_size=”eyJhbGwiOiIxMiIsInBvcnRyYWl0IjoiMTEifQ==” f_btn_font_size=”eyJhbGwiOiIxMSIsInBvcnRyYWl0IjoiMTAifQ==” f_btn_font_spacing=”0.5″ tdc_css=”eyJhbGwiOnsibWFyZ2luLWJvdHRvbSI6IjQwIiwiZGlzcGxheSI6IiJ9LCJwb3J0cmFpdCI6eyJtYXJnaW4tYm90dG9tIjoiMzAiLCJkaXNwbGF5IjoiIn0sInBvcnRyYWl0X21heF93aWR0aCI6MTAxOCwicG9ydHJhaXRfbWluX3dpZHRoIjo3Njh9″]

Newsletter

Don't miss

Gender and Sexuality

Invisible Assaults: How India’s crime data erases violence against women and children

0
Statistics describe order; gendered violence exists outside the neat cells of spreadsheets. This article reconnects data with lived reality
Communalism

Assam Government to table ‘Love Jihad’ and polygamy bills, CM Sarma says parents of male accused will also face arrest

0
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announces sweeping new laws expanding anti-conversion and personal law frameworks in Assam, extending criminal liability to parents of accused men — a move unprecedented in India’s legal landscape
Politics

Union government challenges Calcutta High Court repatriation order, moves Supreme Court instead even as Bangladesh declares six deported Bengalis Indian citizens

0
Rather than complying with the Calcutta High Court’s directive to bring back six wrongly deported residents of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, the Union government has challenged the order in the Supreme Court — even as a Bangladesh court and multiple documents affirm the victims’ Indian citizenship
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Supreme Court examines Forest Rights Act 2006 versus Conservation Law, makes national headlines

0
The rights of Adivasis and forest dwellers are, once again under threat as India's highest court considers the impact of Parliament’s wide-sweeping changes to the Forest Conservation Law (2023)
Labour

CJP submits detailed feedback to Labour Ministry on Draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025

0
Responding to the Union Ministry of Labour’s invitation of suggestions on the recently drafted Draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025(National Labour and Employment Policy of India), Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has intervened with a detailed critique
spot_img

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

Join our mailing list to get the latest human rights news that matters, straight to your mailbox.

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

Join our mailing list to get the latest human rights news that matters, straight to your mailbox.

Important Links

Other Links

CONNECT

Email: sabrangind@gmail.com

© Sabrang | All Rights Reserved