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Did Indian Democracy fail Father Stan Swamy?
Five years after Father Stan Swamy's death, his life continues to ask difficult questions of India's democracy.Speaking at a memorial meeting in Bandra, Mumbai, Teesta Setalvad reflects on the...
Promoting inter-faith harmony: Pakistan to reopen, restore 400 Hindu temples
The temples had earlier been converted to madrasas, stores and restaurants
Another cattle trader killed: Bihar’s losing count of lynchings
Muhammad Jamal was attacked late on Monday night while he was taking a dozen cows and bullocks on foot towards Kumedpur
Irony at its worst: Dalit boy thrashed for attending rally about ending caste discrimination
He was beaten by his own friends who belonged to the Rajput community
Political dimensions of Ayodhya verdict
The Supreme Court judgement on the Ayodhya case has...
Four Muslim youths booked for their opinion on Ayodhya Verdict; one had asked for judicial review
The UP Police booked four people, including one student...
UP police arrests more than 80 people in 2 days since Ayodhya verdict
Action has been taken against 8,275 social media posts that attempted to disturb communal harmony
The Verdict: Is there closure?
The long-awaited verdict on the contentious issue of the...
PS Krishnan, a man devoted to social justice: Obituary
The death of Shri P S Krishnan is a...
What the Babri Judgment portends for the Future
The Supreme Court judgment on Babri Mosque-Ram Janmbhumi dispute...
Invisibilisation of Muslim Grief: Babri Verdict
Post the SC verdict, the media focus refuses to shift from the legal debate of “Ayodhya” to the capturing of the common sentiment about “Babri” of the Muslim minority in India
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Rule of Law
Promising Principles Poor Outcomes: What the judicial record on security force accountability actually shows
The Supreme Court has said that AFSPA is not a license to kill, sovereign immunity does not protect the State from liability for custodial death, and rape by a soldier requires no special court. At the same time, the number of armed forces personnel convicted by an ordinary civilian criminal court for rape in a conflict area is, on the available record, low.
World
The arbitrary detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya: A call for justice
The appeal by the Palestinian Embassy in New Delhi has called on all Indians to support and join the call for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya; advocating for the protection of Palestinian healthcare workers, hospitals, ambulances, and medical facilities in accordance with international humanitarian law.
Labour
Though sewer deaths have crossed the 100 mark this year, government is silent: SKA
With three deaths on the same day in two different incidents in Madhya Pradesh, 101 people have died so far in sewers and septic tanks across the country in 188 days this year, according the data compiled by Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA). NCR Delhi alone accounts for 12 deaths.
India
The Battle of Belonging: Why India’s Passport Controversy Matters
A passport is undeniably a travel document, but it is also the republic’s assurance of belonging and sovereign protection in moments of crisis. Reducing it to mere travel facilitation strips it of its civic meaning, since passports are issued not to transients but to members of a political community.
India
Rajasthan: From Giral to Islampur, how locals are contesting development and historical identity
The author traces similarities of people’s mobilisations in Giral, Barmer and Islampur, Jhunjunu wherein both involve local communities asserting agency against decisions made elsewhere. In Giral, villagers have been robustly protesting the “benefits from mineral extraction in the name of development,” while in Islampur, residents have been questioning the communal (read majoriatrian moves to re-name and thereby, re-define a region’s identity