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A Small Leap Forward: Chhattisgarh, Mining, Democracy and Gumipal

The year 2026 marks a century of mining in Chhattisgarh. In 1926, mining began at the Jhagrakhand colliery in the erstwhile princely state of Korea. Over the next hundred...

Kandhamal: Under Whose Control?

The riot among the Hindus and Muslims occurred in...

Observations and Recommendations about Continued Violence in Orissa

Red Cross society, Bhubaneswar Observations and Recommendations about Continued Violence...

Togadia to conduct Orissa ‘yatra’ despite SC objection

'We will condole his death by a yatra across...

Letter to SHRC

To The State Human Rights Commission Bhubaneswar OrissaOrissa burning again Bhubaneswar Dt.26th August 2008.Stocktaking...

Losing my identity

Diary: Touring Modi’s ‘vibrant’ GujaratMy plane landed at Ahmedabad...

Words of wisdom

  Sixty years after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, with...

The paedophile charge

  Debunking ancient myths about Prophet Muhammad and his child...

The growing ‘democratic deficit’

Sixty years of indifference and the throttling of the...

Redefining public space

Ushering in the age of portable new publicsRecently, I...

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Minorities and BollywoodTwo images.One:I am watching Black Friday (2007,...

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