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When Conservation Becomes Coercion: The silent violence faced by the Tharus of Kheri

Over 4,000 Tharu Adivasis in Lakhimpur Kheri — including a blind man, a chronically ill man, and several elders — have been wrongfully booked. This analysis shows how administrative discretion and recent forest-law amendments are further undermining the protections guaranteed to forest-dwelling communities under the Forest Rights Act, 2006

Dalits under Attack in Gujarat, a Spate of Crimes Continues without Check

Fast on the heels of a Dalit cultivator being...

What ‘Black Lives Matter’ means beyond policing reform

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State of siege

First published on: August 1, 2010  It is now or...

Refusing to Recognise Polygamy in the West: A Solution or a Soundbite?

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Dallas Shootings: Don’t Mention the (Race) War!

Photo credit: brietbart.comFor me the central tragedy of this...

If Afghan Lives Mattered, Dallas Lives Would Matter

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Will Justice Forever Elude Survivors of Kunan-Poshpora?

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NIA Court Convicts One for Life in 2014 Mass Killing of Muslims, Assam

Image Courtesy: Countercurrents.orgThe special NIA court, Guwahati, on July...

Cultural Nationalism is Nothing but Rogue Nationalism pitting ‘Us’ against the “Other”

Image Courtesy: rangashankara.orgSadanand Menon de-constructs cultural nationalism, majoritarian and...

Repeal Draconian AFSPA Law: Justice Jeevan Reddy Committee, 2005

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