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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Why Should Dalit Christians not get Reservations as Scheduled Castes, Notice to Centre: SC

The plea has sought inclusion of Dalit Christians in...

While Ramayana Path Underway at UP temple, Dalits told to stay away

While Dalits may be good for the votes they...

A Former PHD Student, a Dalit Dies in JNU: Administration Unconcerned

Ghanshyam DasGhanshyam Das, a Dalit and a former Research...

Karnataka’s Opposition to Right-Wing Hindu Fundamentalism

Report from the Dakshinayan meeting in KarnatakaThe urban middle-class,...

Panel to Probe Rohith Vemula’s Death: A Cynical Denial of Caste Discrimination

There is an anonymous poem called “Mr. Nobody” which...

Resist the Republic of Fear! Stop Mob Lynching in India

South Asians March in London on Independence Day, Send...

Secular Indians Marched to Protect Democracy

In a massive show of strength hundreds of Indians...

India at 70: bigotry rules

"Hyper-nationalism and the closing of the mind is also...

Lynch mobs: How the cow has clouded our civilisational vision

Buddhism, the propagator of non-violence as supreme religion, spread...

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Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

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Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote

Public assembly demands the scrapping of SIR, accountability of the Election Commission and urgent safeguards against wrongful exclusion from electoral rolls

Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy

Majoritarianism that plagues India and many other democracies is the perversion of Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of democracy. While Dr. Ambedkar’s definition of democracy lays stress on effective and proportionate representation and safeguarding minority rights, majoritarianism is the dominance of a particular religious community, caste group, or racial group over the rest of the population.

From Nashik to Mumbai: Adivasi students’ protest meets police detentions

Weeks of agitation over tribal hostels and schools culminate in alleged detention of protesters ahead of planned Azad Maidan march

‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Karnataka: SIR Interrogated

A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka

‘Solidarity Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai activists protest alleged police harassment over Palestine event

Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine members gather at Azad Maidan after police search activist Harshada’s home in connection with a kite-flying programme for Palestinian children

The West as Enigma: Why Muslims Must Understand the Occident on Its Own Terms

The ideas of Shariati, Mawdudi, Qutb, and Nadwi provide important critiques of Western materialism, imperialism, and secularism, but remain largely reactive in their approach.