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SCBA demands contempt action against BJP MP for remarks about CJI Sanjiv Khanna

Supreme Court Bar Association has passed a resolution demanding contempt action against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for his remarks about the CJI; Nishikant Dubey had in response to the SC hearings in the Waqf amendment act, said, on April 19 that Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna was responsible for all ‘civil wars’ in the country.

Muslims in Kashmir & across India strongly condemn Pahalgam terror attack

Even as the country grappled to come to terms with the numbing news of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack—another date that will mark the dark terror calendar—news of candlelight vigils in the Kashmir Valley and locals pitching in in every way to assist distraught tourists late Tuesday were matched by strong condemnations against the targeted gun violence by Indian Muslims on Wednesday

Indian Muslims, others, condemn the heinous massacre of tourists near Pahalgam, Kashmir

Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD), along with the Bebaak Collective, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS), Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) and Wisdom Foundation strongly have condemned the heinous terrorist targeting of tourists near Pahalgam in the Kashmir valley, killing 26 innocents and injuring several others on April 22.

Amid Waqf Debate, Should Hindu Endowment Boards be Held Responsible for the Sorry Plight of Dalits?

Corruption and illegal encroachment of graveyards, maqbara and masjid land are not only confined to Muslims. Religious bodies of other faiths are too plagued by them.

From Sindhudurg to Mumbai, Maharashtra erupts in protest against repressive public safety bill

With over 78 protests held across the state, citizens, activists, and political fronts denounce the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill 2024 as an assault on democracy and constitutional freedoms

The ‘Harijans’ of Bangladesh: Victims of constitutional neglect and social isolation

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

Erasing Resistance: How the CBFC is censoring films that challenge caste and state power

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

Anatomy of Nagpur Riots: A communal bio politics that thrives on the graded inequalities of religion, gender and caste(s)

Nestled within the prestigious confines of Cambridge, Massachusetts, I was taken aback to read reports of violent riots engulfing Nagpur. It was disturbing on...

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