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A Law of Identity, Passed Without Listening: Inside the Transgender Amendment Bill, 2026 and the crisis it has triggered
Framed as a measure of protection, the amendment shifts identity from self-determination to State approval, raising fears of exclusion, bureaucratic control, and the erosion of dignity recognised in constitutional jurisprudence
Kerala court convicts husband in Vismaya Dowry death case
The death of Vismaya had triggered a strong protest in Kerala against dowry and domestic violence
Demand for live streaming of same sex marriage case just an attempt to create unnecessary hype: Centre
HC refuses to accept the affidavit, applicant points to ‘objectionable comments’
Great Bigots Think Alike: Indian Muslima to the Establishment
A poem about the place and perception of Indian Muslim women
Women and children targeted at public toilets, Mumbai POCSO Court suggests appointing women security guards
The court’s observations came in connection with a recent judgment convicting an accused for sexually assaulting a minor girl
Delhi HC demands updates on separate toilets for Delhi’s trans community
Separate toilets are a basic human right, says petitioner appealing to the Delhi High Court
Same-sex marriage: Delhi HC asks Central Government to respond to the plea for live-streaming of proceedings
Multiple petitions filed about different aspects of the recognition of wider rights of the LGBTQIA community
Still no move on marital rape by the Centre
Despite two High Courts ruled against the phenomenon of marital rape, the Centre sits on the fence
Sharp spike in cases of child marriage and child trafficking in 2020!
The number of under-age marriages jumped from 523 to 785 within a year, this even as Covid-19 brought about unprecedented economic hardships on families
BMC reports only 43 vasectomies in 2021-22
Blaming the decline on the Covid-19 pandemic, authorities said they will address the issue with new vigour
In rare circumstances woman can acquire caste of husband: K’taka HC
Court was examining a case where a woman married to an ST man was removed from her position in the gram panchayat as the seat was reserved for an ST candidate
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Communal Organisations
UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge
Be it the attack on the Gogamedi shrine in the Hanumangarh district of northern Rajasthan or the Neja Mela in the Sambhal district of western Uttar Pradesh, Hindutva’s systemic attack on India’s syncretic traditions, past and present, reveals its rigid and Brahmanical ideological orientation: imposition of a strictly hierarchical, exclusionary and structured notion of faith and practice
Minorities
No Hearing, No Notice, Just Deletion: How Bengal’s SIR Erased a Decorated IAF Officer
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
An Adivasi woman once in bonded labour now serves her village as a Sarpanch
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Rights
Abdul Sheikh Citizenship Case: Deportation stayed as Gauhati High Court Hears challenge to ex parte foreigner declaration, state to raise maintainability issue
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History
Bhagat Singh sent to gallows once again!
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