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Three decades after the PoA Act, justice remains elusive
A comprehensive 30-year review of the SC/ST Atrocities Act reveals a persistent gap between the law's transformative promise and the lived realities of Dalits and Adivasis confronting violence, discrimination, and impunity
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1500-strong rally marches to Thane District Collectorate: Maharashtra
A huge protest rally of 15,000 women, marching to the Thane-Palghar district collectorate was organised by the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) on Friday, May 36.
Why the K’taka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020 must be repealed: Idrees Pasha murder
This law, like similar laws in several north Indian states like Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat not only prohibit the slaughter of cattle but also their transportation and as has been closely analysed in the Idrees Pasha lynch-murder case, weaponises vigilantes and a complicit police to violence, even murder
Lord Rama Anantatma & Anantaroopa: He who is the Infinite Soul & who has infinite forms
This article is a letter, the fourth of a series, addressed to Lord Rama. The author engages in a conversation with the Lord, discussing His infinite essence and what it means to the author to embrace the diversity of His stories and worshipping traditions.
The Invisible Split: A report documenting reports of “ethnic cleansing” in Manipur, 2023
The report contains detailed account of events leading up to the allegedly dehumanising pogrom, aims to disclose the ground realities
Rising anti-Muslim fury in Rajasthan: Haj pilgrims attacked, Hindutva outfits urge women to use firearms
Six have been booked for attacking a bus carrying Haj pilgrims from Kota to Jaipur with stones under influence of alcohol
Idrees Pasha Lynching in Sathanuru, Karnataka: Lapses in prevention of crime, nabbing accused, weak investigation
The brutal killing on the night of March 31 was preceded by inept prevention by local police, subsequent to the killing attackers were not apprehended even though police personnel witnessed assault and saw accused including Puneeth Kerejhalli using social media to broadcast the crimes; overall investigations faulty and weak, says the Fact Finding Report into the Murder of Idrees Pasha in Sathanuru, Ramnagar, Karnataka. The family was not even provided a copy of the post mortem report
Left parties, Muslim community submit a memorandum to BJP government: Shevgaon, Ahmednagar
When Ahmednagar’s guardian Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and MLA Monica Rajle visited Shevgaon last week, CPI's state secretary and Subhash Patil Lande submitted a memorandum to them and said that the riots in Shevgaon happened to serve political interests and the deliberate inaction by the local police
Hindu temple faces backlash for demanding removal of Kazi Nazrul Islam’s picture from dance institute’s program
After this decision backfires, an apology was issued, the chief of the temple authorities said it was a “wrong guess” on their part
Political Power & narrow vision demonising Muslims, destroying harmony & defaming Varkari tradition says Sant Suhas Maharaj Phadtare: Trimbakeshwar row
The dhoop arti tradition at the Trimbakeshwar mandir is being demonised by narrow vested political interests, a cruel Brahminical tradition that cannot tolerate social harmony and syncretic culture says the renowned Varkari saint-philosopher from Satara, Suhas Maharasj Phadtare
Another hate speech delivered demanding to change names of Babur and Humayun road in Delhi
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Chavhanke engages in hate speech just a few day days before the inauguration of new Parliament House, causes disharmony
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