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This government has all but actually declared a war on its own people: Teesta Setalvad

Its been a challenging  five years. Between 2017-2019 (between when the book was first published) until now, the lines have been even more sharply drawn. Between the vast majority...

Singing for victory: Ramya Haridas– the second Dalit woman parliamentarian from Kerala

She sang and danced, entered people’s hearts and finally...

EVM controversy: Fresh instances of malfunction reported

The 2019 Lok Sabha elections was filled with a...

Verdict 2019 and Beyond

The verdict showed that barring Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,...

What upset the Gathbandhan’s applecart in UP: Caste quotient or something else?

The Gathbandhan, a grand alliance of secular forces committed...

Did people’s candidates ever stand a chance against the Modi wave?

Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Maharashtra. These three states have been...

SBI issued electoral bonds worth Rs 3,622 crore in March and April: RTI

In its response to an RTI filed by Pune-based...

The Elephant in the Mud: Crisis of Identity Politics and BSP

The BSP, SP and RLD pre election alliance in...

How the Congress played spoilsport for the Gathbandhan in UP

Uttar Pradesh with 80 parliamentary constituencies accounts for the...

Update on the ‘Phantom Voters’ story

Earlier today, we had carried a report on an...

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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.

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.

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

Six Years Behind Bars, Still No Trial: Umar Khalid’s long wait for justice

Six years after his arrest, Umar Khalid remains in custody without trial, while successive bail pleas continue to be contested