Hate & Harmony

JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed

Fourteen of hundreds of protesting students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday, February 27 after a late night brutal lathi charge by the Delhi police on February 26, attacking a student protest and long march aimed to march towards the Ministry of Education; protesters were demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) JNU Ms Pandit who had made derogative remarks against Dalits and Blacks recently

Adivasi youth allegedly killed by Jharkhand security forces: Fact-finding report

Local newspapers said Bramhadev Singh of Piri village died in counter firing by security forces, but an investigating group discovered villagers never even attempted to fire at officers

Kashi ka Kabir

Reinterpreting a poet’s life and his times

Maulvi and a feminist

First published on: October 2009Though religion per se was...

Remembering Kazi Nazrul Islam: Syncretic secularism in face of a communal divide

In memory of beloved Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul, artists and intellectuals from India and Bangladesh come together to celebrate cultural unity

The Supremacy Myth

The bogus arguments and "proofs" on the basis of which the better half of God’s finest creation is kept under subjugation and servility is both shameful and sinful

Quran and Liberation

The Quran teaches us a radically egalitarian view of the equal worth and dignity of women that remains unparalleled, even in modern thought

Junaid Khan murder case: A chronology of events surrounding the case

Junaid was stabbed and thrown out of a Mathura bound train by accused persons, who are all out on bail

Remember the teenager named Junaid Khan?

His lynching had sparked the #notinmyname campaign, however, four years later communal lynchings no longer seem to shock the public. A scary sign of the times

Rajasthan: Dalit man killed after row over Ambedkar poster

Vinod Bamnia, a member of Bhim Army, was assaulted on June 5, succumbed to injuries two days later

Nusrat Jahan communally trolled after announcing separation from partner

The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) MP has been on the receiving end of communal attacks for applying sindoor, now accused of ‘fooling Hindu voters’

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JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed

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