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The Double Stage on Campus: Caste, crisis & UGC equity regulations (2026) controversy
This paper applies the theoretical concepts of the “scene” and the “obscene,” developed in my earlier work on caste and “schizophrenic modernity”, to analyse the dispute over the University...
The horror of Hathras and the culture of normalising rape
Sex is a biological fact but rape is neither biological nor natural and it is most often not an act of sexual gratification, despite being an extreme form of sexual aggression.
More horror in UP: Dalit teen stalked, molested and shot dead!
The Class XI student was returning from school when the three men had allegedly molested her, later they followed her home and shot her in the head
Kaimur firing: Fact-finding report makes startling revelations!
Report co-published by AIUFWP, CJP and DSG showcases regime’s excesses against Adivasis demanding forest rights
Bihar Govt has worst record on Land Rights to Adivasis: Brinda Karat
Speaking at the release of a fact-finding report about the firing in Adhaura block, Brinda Karat exposed the deeds of the Bihar Govt while lauding the democratic struggle of the Kaimur’s Kharwar Adivasi communities against an oppressive forest department
Hathras case: AMU to extend the tenure of 2 JNMCH doctors who spoke to the media
Doctors Azimuddin and Obaid’s termination has been revoked and their tenure would be extended on the request of Dr. Zaidi, the Chief Medical Officer of JNMCH
NAPM condemn police’s and administration’s handling of the Hathras incident
Nine activists visit Hathras, Uttar Pradesh to document the aggrieved family’s account of the series of events related to the Hathras crime.
Hathras case: Two doctors who questioned the FSL Reports, scolded by senior doctors and later sacked by AMU
Doctors Azeem Malik and Obaid Haque were issued their termination letters on October 20 by the CMO in charge two weeks after they had claimed that the FSL report of the Hathras victim “holds no value” as it was collected 11 days after the attack took place.
AMU doctor who challenged UP police’s ‘no rape’ theory sacked!
He is among the two sacked, but authorities tell media that allegations are "highly speculative" and said the two doctors were engaged "on a temporary one-month vacancy”
We are ‘the others’: No justice in Hathras case, 236 Valmikis convert to Buddhism
Bereft of all hope in the state government, members of the Valmiki community converted to Buddhism claiming Hindus will never accept them as one of their own
Kaimur Mukti Morcha stands firm on boycotting Bihar election until they are given forest rights
The adivasi communities resolve to boycott elections in their struggle for forest rights, despite the Minister's assurances that their demands will be met.
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