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Dalit Class XI student dies by suicide after alleged casteist harassment in Coimbatore School
Family had reportedly complained to school management about caste-based taunts over food choices; headmaster, teacher and two students booked
UP: School question paper, on ‘Indian Muslim Terrorism’, calls for India to prepare for war with Pak
The question paper, with arguably partisan presumptions, also said that the government of India must hold talks with Pakistan on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir
Taking the Law into Ones Hand: Unravelling the Disturbing Trend of Vigilantism in India
From religious tensions to far-right ideologies, this report uncovers the factors driving violence and the need for urgent action.
Horrifying instances of rape in MP and Mahrashtra, accused booked under POCSO
Reports of two minors have been raped have emerged from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain and Mumbai’s Jogeshwari.
An open letter to the JNU VC: Your association with RSS defies humanism, anti-colonial struggle for Indian democracy!
This open letter by historian, Shamsul Islam traces the history of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) today stigmatised by the supremacist ideology of practioneers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Alarming Odisha arrests, ‘illegal’ detentions ahead of Vedanta bauxite public hearing
More than 80 lawyers, legal academics and researchers have...
Maharashtra tops states in anti-Muslim hate speech, 80 % of hate in BJP ruled states: Hindutva Watch
A disturbingly high level of incidents all over the country but most especially in BJP-ruled states make lives of Indian minorities both fragile and vulnerable
India ‘lacks’ evidence of contraception use, has one of highest adolescent pregnancies
The international community has been celebrating World Contraception Day...
Far right, Hindutva ideology sparks concerns: tridents and pledges deepen communal divides in India’s Heartland
Tridents as Symbols: Unmasking the Ideological Shift in Rajasthan's Communal Landscape."
Systemic and widespread: Violence against Dalit continues across Indian states
From a remote village in Gujarat to ghastly targeted gender violence in Uttar Pradesh, to what we see as cosmopolitan Kerala, and even Rajasthan, violence against Dalits in various forms continues.
Jharkhand: Attempt to create red scare for ‘brutal crackdown’, increase loot of resources
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