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The script of democracy: Power, language, and consciousness in Dhoomil’s ‘Patakatha’
Sudama Pandey 'Dhoomil's "Patakatha" ("The Script") stands as one of the most searching poetic examinations of Indian democracy ever written. Rather than chronicling political events, the poem delves into...
Open Letter to the Government of India from Pegasus Targeted Persons
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IAS Gopinathan who quit in protest of J&K clampdown gets chargesheet from Centre
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36 Years Since the Massacre, People from Nellie Still Suffering
The CJP Team received information that a large chunk of people in the village of Borbari—where the Nellie Massacre took place in 1983—have been excluded from the final NRC list. CJP’s Assam State Co-ordinator Zamsher Ali along with the CJP team went to visit the village and take stock of the situation. Here is what he had to say:
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