Hate & Harmony

Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

State Counsel appears to justify the hasty cremation of Hathras Victim: HC

The high court was told by the State that transferring the DM was a mere political issue and that he did nothing wrong in ordering the cremation of the victim

Where are the country’s SC/ST Commissions headed?

While the National Commissions for SC and STs are still without Chairpersons, the few states that have these Commissions have no better story to tell

Delhi HC grants pre arrest bail to rape accused who married Prosecutrix

The mother of the prosecutrix did not raise any objections during the hearing

Why inter-faith harmony is today more important than ever before

The biggest challenges of the survival crisis just cannot be met in conditions of suspicion and hatred created on the basis of religion and faith

Identity of the ‘Ordinary Indian’

Who is that silent yet preponderant Indian? Does he have no social character and ideological moorings?

Love Jihad: Karnataka legislature vs. judiciary 

As the state assembly is considering implementing law against ‘love jihad’, the court has upheld right of an adult to marry irrespective of religion

UP: ‘Love Jihad’ law catches pace, 2 cases registered in Bareilly

Within 2 days of the ordinance being promulgated, 2 cases have already been registered under the controversial anti-liberty law

UP Governor gives assent to anti-Love Jihad ordinance

The draft ordinance approved by the UP Cabinet on November 24, makes unlawful conversions a non-bailable offence

Adivasi Union to stand with peasants of country during nationwide protests

AIUFWP chips in to the growing support of nationwide peasant unrest planned for the Constitution Day

Law against ‘Love Jihad’ or controlling our ‘individuality’

Crossing religion and caste barriers is a form of dissent

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Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

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When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.

Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30

Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30

UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts

At least ten districts of Uttar Pradesh have witnessed widespread women led protests against the hasty, untested installation of pre-paid smart metres that women claim have been programmed to run fast to “inflate” electricity bills

As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly

While the incident reportedly took place on April 26, it took sectional media and social media coverage for the Bareilly police to finally admit that the beating to death of Maulana Tausif Raza Manzari was a targeted attack, not an accident on May 1; his wife provided details of a call to her from the dead cleric where he narrated he was under attack

Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor

Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework