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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...

“Aadhar reduced agency in citizens and empowered those in positions of authority”

Excerpts from Democracy HackedIn the space of one election...

Exit Polls rally behind Modi, Silent Voter’s Voice Ignored?

If the results of exit polls are to be...

Polling marred by Malfunctioning EVMs in Varanasi?

Polling began in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi...

Farmers and Small Business Owners could determine Electoral Fate of Contenders

As India enters the last leg of elections, several...

Has a Dissenting Election Commissioner recused himself from MCC Meetings?

Ashok Lavasa, the election commissioner who may have held...

Election 2019: Modi in the Land of Kabir, Raidas, Premchand, Dhoomil

As Varanasi goes to polls the jheeni jheeni chadariya...

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Reaffirming Open Justice: The Supreme Court on speech and contempt

In the case of Wikimedia v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors. the apex court reaffirmed free speech and restrained a Delhi High Court order that was held, on examination to be disproportionate

Urdu is not the monopoly of mullahs, nor even the Muslim community 

Our self-styled “left liberal” intelligentsia, otherwise loud in denouncing Hindu majoritarianism, suddenly turned mute when confronted with Muslim right-wing pressure

Election Commission seriously risks losing all credibility: senior advocate Sanjay Hegde

Senior advocate, Supreme Court Sanjay Hegde on Saturday, September 6, raised concerns over the credibility of the Election Commission of India, cautioning that the institution is increasingly being viewed as partisan, speaking at the annual public lecture on the occasion of Gauri Lankesh’s brutal assassination

India’s Silent Push-Out: Courts, states, and the deportation of Bengali-Speaking Muslims

From migrant workers vanishing in midnight raids to a Kolkata man driven to suicide by fear, reports across states reveal a disturbing pattern of expulsions without due process — now under scrutiny in India’s courts

Safe harbour or shadow censorship? The battle over India’s digital speech

The Karnataka High Court’s ruling on X Corp’s challenge could either restore the centrality Section 69A as the sole content blocking mechanism, or re-ignite the issues that were closed in Shreya Singhal

The Mubarakpur Saree in the Digital Age: Can e-commerce bypass traditional barriers?

An age-old saree weaving tradition is also one area brutally affected by the US-driven tariff war with India