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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.
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“Citizen/Cane: Surge of protests in North over CAB”
From Monday, eight student bodies under the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) umbrella have been holding protest marches against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) across all states in North-East India. Here is a breakdown of what has transpired
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The Modi-led Indian Govt. revoked its autonomy and statehood in August after the abrogation of Article 370
AJSU breaks alliance, BJP will now contest the assembly elections alone
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“There are detention camps only in Assam, but Centres being set up in States/UT”: MHA
The current session of the Parliament is prompting many revelations from the central government. While the environment is getting increasingly tense in the background of NRC, detention camps and “illegal immigrants”, the government seems to be busy being either politically correct or assumptive
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