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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...
Prelude to the Gujarat 2002 Carnage
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A look back at the communal buildup to the violence that broke out in February 2002, as documented meticulously in Communalism Combat Archives by Teesta Setalvad
Memories of Struggle: The quest for justice continues 20 years after the Gujarat Carnage
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CJP and Teesta Setalvad bring together TM Krishna and Naseeruddin Shah to honour the memory of the victims, and the strength of the survivors with music and conversations
SKM demands justice for West Bengal and Odisha Adivasis
Adivasis in parts of West Bengal and Odisha say that the administration does not acknowledge their forest and constitutional rights; they fear their fertile land will be usurped
20 years after Godhra – Some reflections
Silence is not an option; we must continue to speak truth to power
South Delhi municipal school says no “religious attire” but okays turbans
The hijab row sparked by right-wing elements in Karnataka has now reached all the way to national capital Delhi
Hate Offender: Raghvendra Pratap Singh
An incumbent MLA from Domariyaganj, Singh is hoping for re election and appears to behaves more like a ‘dabang’ or local strongman; his words communal, and tone allegedly threatening
Bajrang Dal members assault Muslim family in Assam
A retired school teacher’s beard was pulled, his wife and daughter suffered injuries, little granddaughter was left traumatised!
Birbhum: Adivasis opposing coal mining project get support from SKM
Farmers should not be forced to give up farmlands for the sake of mining industry, says SKM
First they came for the hijab, then they came for the turban; what is next on the list?
Bengaluru college asks Sikh girl to remove turban, following High Court interim ruling on the matter
Muslim man allegedly lynched by cow vigilantes in Bihar, why is CM silent?
Victim, Mohammad Khaleel Alam, was reportedly a JDU member, his body was later burnt and the accused claimed it was to send a message
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