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Caste

Reason, emotion and history

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First published on: June 10, 2022(In March 1994, as part of our campaign to track the parochial processes that deter even ‘secular’ governments from...
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Activist actively involved in protesting against the Barsu-Solgaon refinery project detained by police

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Activists in the area have been facing many legal road blocks, intimidation tactics exercised against protesters, meanwhile support for the refinery is creating havoc. Section 144 CrPC imposed.
Rule of Law

Gauhati HC raps Assam govt over miserable condition of shelter homes where people of one community are housed

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The court was told by the amicus curiae that the homes were ‘worse than cowsheds’ and the court highlighted that the shelters were merely made of tarpaulin
Communalism

Stones pelted during Eid namaaz in Allahabad

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Police registered an FIR based on the complaint filed by the Eidgah’s managing committee
Rule of Law

Calcutta High Court sets an example, orders Rs. 80,000 compensation for illegal demolition

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The court expressed dismay that the authorities did not follow due process of law and in an unauthorised manner, demolished a property without issuing any notice
Communalism

To Lord Ram, a letter of remorse and resolve

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The writer reflects on Lord Rama's meaning as purity, transformation, sacrifice, love, and compassion, expresses regret at his name being used for violence and calls for introspection and a return to love and compassion.
Media

‘Press must remain free if a country is to remain a democracy’: CJI DY Chandrachud

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A functional and healthy democracy must encourage the development of journalism as an institution that can ask difficult questions to the establishment said the Chief Justice of India delivering his address at the Ramnath Goenka Awards
Communal Organisations

Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker

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It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.
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