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The Double Stage: Caste’s Schizophrenic Modernity between Spectacle and Shadow
Caste from the pre-modern, colonial to the post-Republican; this analysis draws from, among others, works by Nicholas Dirks (2001), Anand Teltumbde (2014) and Gopal Guru (2016) to map this transition showing that contemporary caste should be best understood as a sort of social schizophrenia driven by imaginative acts whereby power perpetuates itself through a convoluted hermetic legitimising act in India.
Decoding Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples
Stigma and exclusion associated with identifying as LGBTQIA+ must be tackled legally and socially.
The sound of silence: A Bharia story
There is so much cacophony on ‘development’, that shrieking...
Delhi HC directs Sudarshan News to remove video of news report of a man accused of religious conversion
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The court noted that the comments under the video indicated a threat to the life of the accused
Delhi Police informs of formation of SIT in the case of sexual harassment allegations being levelled against Brij Bhushan Singh
As the reluctance of police to take action against Singh becomes evident, let’s takes a look at Singh’s profile, his criminal past and his current influence
Cow vigilantism casts its ugly shadow on Maharashtra
Once confined to the northern parts of the country, incidents of cow vigilantism have now found a disturbing presence in Maharashtra as well.
Is the California bill against caste discrimination a denial of individual rights, the Hindu right says it is
After weeks of condemning SB 403 as “Hindu phobic,” opponents have changed their rallying cry to “Racism!” with the purported victims now portrayed as all South Asians. A tacit admission of a failing strategy?
“Highly appalling to see SIT ignoring rank caste discrimination Darshan faced despite overwhelming evidence”: Ramesh Solanki
Addressing a press conference, family of Darshan Solanki express anguish over the course of the investigation being conducted by the SIT, term it “highly suspicious”
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes objects to blueprint of centre’s new welfare mission
The union government’s “Social Inclusion Mission for Welfare of SCs and STs” will now merge two previous policy initiatives, the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe Component. The commission, a statutory body, said the problems and issues faced by SCs and STs are very different and need distinct approaches.
FIR against Suresh Chavhanke in Jalgaon, Maharashtra
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This is the first FIR against Chavhanke of Sudarshan news in Maharashtra after he made 5 hate speeches in the state in the past 5 month; seven other FIRs have been registered against serial hate offenders
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Caste
The Double Stage: Caste’s Schizophrenic Modernity between Spectacle and Shadow
Caste from the pre-modern, colonial to the post-Republican; this analysis draws from, among others, works by Nicholas Dirks (2001), Anand Teltumbde (2014) and Gopal Guru (2016) to map this transition showing that contemporary caste should be best understood as a sort of social schizophrenia driven by imaginative acts whereby power perpetuates itself through a convoluted hermetic legitimising act in India.
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
UGC Guidelines 2026: AISA Protest at Delhi University followed by sexual abuse allegations amid police presence
Delhi university has seen persistent protest by Ambedkarite and left groups demanding implementation of the UGC Guidelines 2026 that were summarily stayed by the Supreme Court; in one such, a confrontation during a mobilisation over UGC equity regulations, AISA women leaders were subject to brute and allegedly sexualised threats, while a right-wing YouTuber filed a separate assault complaint; police have registered parallel FIRs
Labour
12 Bengali migrant workers murdered in 6 states, Maharashtra tops the crime list
Following the recently unleashed hysteria on the misnomer “Bangladeshi immigrants”, spearheaded by BJP elected officials from the Centre to States, as many as 12 Bengali migrant workers have been murdered, revealing the physical targeted harm that can flow out of systemic hate speech made by those in public authority; these are statistics compiled by the West Bengal Migrants Welfare Board; 4 of the 12 killed have been in “progressive” Maharashtra and 10 in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Communalism
Against the Script of Hate: How ordinary citizens are reclaiming public space
A shop sign in Kotdwar, a shutter kept open in Nainital, a landlord’s refusal in Purola, and a Valentine’s Day standoff in Jaipur — how everyday acts of defiance are reshaping the narrative of communal tension in India
Media
‘Democracies Erode When Those Entrusted With Power Fear Laughter and Start Taking Action Against It’
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Politics
2025 in Protest: Across issues, across India
In 2025, citizens nationwide mobilised across labour, environment, religious freedom, and electoral integrity