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Syncretic Dreams, Shattered Realities: Kashmir in “The Hybrid Wanderers”

In a world where the lines between home and exile blur, The Hybrid Wanderers by Ashok Kaul beckons us to journey through the fragmented heart of Kashmir, a land...

India’s Poor Paid for G20 With Homes and Livelihoods Halted

More people will be left homeless and unemployed than before India decided to host the G20 Summit in Delhi.

J&K’s Keran Valley: An Old Man’s Divided Heart on This Side of the River

Aurangzeb, 85, was left alone when his family migrated during the peak of militancy. He was happy seeing his daughter on the other side, but failing vision has put a stop to that.

Assam eviction drive compels evicted women to take drastic steps

Women were compelled to strip as the second round of eviction in a year was attempted to take place at Silsako, Assam.

The Missing Indian Voter, how many crores of Indians are missing from the electoral rolls?

Indicators and micro studies suggest that from the vast numbers, possibly close to 13 crores of Indians missing from the electoral rolls, a vast percentage are women and significant sections are then Dalits and Muslims

India today has all the markers of a failing democracy. But the situation is not irreversible

Former Delhi high court judge A.P. Shah stated that the rise of illiberal and communal forces in India is made possible, in part, by disillusionment with successive governments and compounded by a legal architecture that is permissive of abuse, and prejudices inherent in society.

Apocalypse

  When children lose their innocence To adult warfare About gods and...

Mizoram Bridge Collapse: 18 of 23 dead Bodies of Migrant Labourers Returned to Bengal

Gut-wrenching scenes, as 18 out 23 dead young men from Bengal reach Ratua, Engrejbazaar, and Kalichak villages in Malda.

Madras Bar Association urges return to original names of India’s criminal laws: Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita

In a resolution passed at the an extraordinary general body meeting of the Madras Bar Association, advocates have claimed that the names of the three newly introduced bills on criminal laws violates the spirit of the Constitution of India

Sky is the Limit: Invaluable contribution made by women scientist in moon mission

Chandrayan 3 a success due to Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, Kalpana K., and many other women scientists, symbolises India's space prowess and the growing role of women in space exploration, paves way for young minds

Gaddar: A revolutionary, balladier and changemaker

The Telugu Poet, People’s Balladeer and activist Gaddar passed away in Hyderabad on August 6, 16 days ago

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The detention and arrest of senior journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumdar, following his coverage of a protest against alleged financial irregularities in a state-linked bank, highlight the growing misuse of laws to silence independent journalism

Supreme Court intervenes in POCSO case, stays Allahabad HC’s “shocking” judgment that downplayed sexual assault against minor

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KIIT Suicide Case: Nepalese student’s harassment complaint ignored for 11 months before tragic suicide

In a startling revelation, Odisha’s Higher Education Minister Suryavanshi Suraj disclosed that Prakriti Lamsal, a 20-year-old Nepalese student who took her life at KIIT University in February 2025, had filed a sexual harassment complaint on March 12, 2024, NHRC also ordered an on-spot inquiry into the death

The paradox of nationalism & Indian representation abroad: S. Jaishankar’s visit to my university

A student at the University College Dublin, positions his experience of the Indian external affairs minister recent visit to the country where he studies; the author sensitively probes the worrying dichotomy of unconcern with the situation back home that the majority Indian diaspora experiences, even as India and Indians falter on the human rights indices test

The inherent problem with political Islam

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136 madrasas sealed, Uttarakhand CM Dhami now orders probe into funding

Government estimates suggest the state has around 450 registered madrasas and 500 operating without recognition