Hate & Harmony

Delhi Court sentences riots accused for promoting hatred against Muslims, sentences him to 3 years in custody

Lokesh Kumar Solanki convicted for inciting violence during 2020 Delhi riots; court calls his conduct “fuel to already simmering tensions” but releases him citing maximum sentence already served

Pakistan: Requiem for a tradition

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Pakistan: We sinful women

New standard-bearers of progressive Urdu poetry: The feminist poetsAnyone...

The growing ‘democratic deficit’

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Redefining public space

Ushering in the age of portable new publicsRecently, I...

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Another stage

IPTA, the Indian People’s Theatre Association turns 65 In May...

The gifts of the magi

The birth of the Progressive Artists’ GroupUnlike the bombs...

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Mumbai is sinking into a sea of narrow-mindedness, insecurity...

Pakistan: Report what?

Simple answers, complex situationsAnis Haroon, the well-known women’s rights...

Deconstructing Godhra

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