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Days of Demands, Hours of Protest: Swatantra Bhardwaj finally detained in assault case
Delhi Police detain the influencer hours after CJP, Nishu Azad, Congress representatives and opposition MPs press for his arrest at Parliament Street; the case began at a CJP and wider student protest at Jantar Mantar
On 72nd anniversary of the Indian Constitution
RSS mourned when Indian Constituent Assembly passed the democratic Constitution
Hindu Army members arrested for launching ‘Krishna Janmabhoomi’ movement
22 men arrested in Mathura; group has a longstanding demand to remove Shahi Idgah from next to a Krishna temple
HJS dubs Narendra Dabholkar ‘Urban Naxal’
Is this a nefarious ploy by right-wing extremists to delegitimise the work of the slain anti-superstition activist, and other rationalists and dissenters?
Banned organisations in India
A list of socio-political groups, some holding extremist views about religion and culture, that have been banned, often temporarily, over the years
How the RSS leadership bowed to Indira Gandhi: 45th anniv of the Emergency
June 25, 2020: Evidence from contemporary documents
Court begins recording statements of Babri demolition accused
The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for completion of hearing in the case up to August 31
Using Corona pandemic as an excuse to don fresh Hindutva masks?
Ramayan, Mahabharat back on air, VHP suggests people chant "Jai Shri Ram" to combat Covid-19!
Hindutva: Myths and reality
This essay is in response to demand from friends across the globe to make available a concise primer on the toxic ideology of Hindutva based on its own archives for ready reference.
RSS: Hindu base waned in Census 2011 because tribals registered as ‘other religion’
The RSS chief met Sangh volunteers in MP and Chhattisgarh to get to educate tribals about CAA
Communal Riots 2019: Communal Discourse Raging On in India
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Outside the World, Outside the Page: Why We Are More Receptive to Dalit Suffering than Dalit Anger
The author, a student in Bengaluru, asks why Dalit suffering is more readily received than Dalit anger in literature, cinema and public life. Is it because sorrow allows readers and viewers to remain sympathetic observers, while anger and refusal can challenge that comfortable distance?
Environment
Prioritise ecological security of country over “false narrative” of “highway development”: CCG to Govt & Courts
Former bureaucrats protest the “steady lowering of statutory safeguards for protecting India’s Environment and Forests” in an open letter to the government; both government and the judiciary need to prioritise the ecological security of our country and the health and life of its citizens over the false narrative of more roads, more buildings, more townships, more mines, more industries, more destruction of the natural world that is currently seen as progress.
Labour
Sit Where We Stand: The segregated back rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces
The absence of dignified break rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces is a visible residue of caste-exclusionary practices that have become normalised. Women who work here—whether in universities or elsewhere—are often left with no option but to rest on bathroom floors.
Politics
After some dithering, Odisha government rejects premature release of Graham Staines murder convict Dara Singh
Odisha Chief Minister, Mohan Charan Majhi, had in 2022, when he was a BJP legislator supported demands for Dara Singh’s early release, a demand vocalised by Sudarshan TV’s editor, Suresh Chavhanke