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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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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