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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
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Not so Smart, the Smart City
Last week, the Modi Government announced the names of...
NY’s Public Theater cancels Palestinian production, ‘The Siege,’ it agreed to stage in May
Courtesy: http://mondoweiss.net/2016/02/nys-public-theater-cancels-palestinian-production-the-siege-it-was-to-stage-for-may/This is tragic news. The Public Theater is...
A Stormy Relationship: Manto and the Progressives
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Extracted from ‘The Progressive’, Introduction to Saadat Hasan Manto,...
The Criticality of the Right to Dissent
Text of the annual Rajendra Mathur Memorial Lecture organised...
Islam guarantees rights but where are the women theologians?
Rights and freedom of women have always been a...
Why the idea of an Islamic state is full of holes
The attitude of Indian Islamist organisations and scholars towards...
Stop the deification and appropriation of Babasaheb: Dalit youth to the Sangh Parivar
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On January 22, 2016, graduate students of the Babasaheb...
Whither Freedom: The Chhatisgarh attack on journalists
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Smashed rear window of Malini's WagonR. Two days after...
NWMI condemns the attack on Malini Subramaniam
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First published on: January 8, 2016Image: Malini SubramaniamWe, members...
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