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Love, caste, politics: Pannalal Patel’s timeless novel challenges Italia’s claims

Following my blog "AAP’s rising star in Gujarat or guardian of patriarchy? The Gopal Italia dilemma", I received an interesting comment from social activist Sudhir Kariyar, who works among tribal workers...

Professor Imtiaz Ahmad Valued Intellectual Honesty over Everything Else

He threw political correctness to the winds, which resulted in his being sidelined by the political and academic establishments

Assam: Resistance to Evictions Echoes over Silsako Beel

The people belonging to lower socio-economic strata ultimately bear the brunt of the government’s long-term apathy followed by drastic and arguably destructive measures.

“The Modi Regime can and will be defeated”: Oxford University Union Debate

In June 2023 the Oxford University Union held a...

J’khand: BJP promises NRC, makes dubious claims of “infiltration” in tribal areas

After the party loss in the state’s Assembly election in 2019, it is arming itself with a divisive campaign for the upcoming state election in 2024

MHA authorises Registrar General to authenticate Aadhar for birth and death registration

This will enable the Registrar's office to authenticate Aadhar cards of those registering the death and birth

One in Manipur, another in Kashmir: Veterans slam two faces of Indian Army

'I am sure the army would have responded in a different manner if such an incident had happened in Kashmir. What we are witnessing in Manipur over the past 50 days is a complete collapse of law and order and for that the credit goes to the Prime Minister for remaining silent on the crisis'The Telegraph

Vanishing villages depict struggle of erosion-affected families, impact migration: Assam

For so many like 80-year-old Ziad Ali erosion and displacement have been a mental trauma. The octogenarian has been displaced a dozen times as Beki river’s destructive current has eroded Rasulpur village in Barpeta district almost every flood season “, especially since 2004”. Despite the existence of erosion benefit schemes (2021) these have not reached Barpeta district.

Animal husbandry minister not consulted on contentious livestock bill, RSS affiliate BKS claims

The said bill, which included the word 'bovine' in the definition of animal products, has now been withdrawn

Accusing Shivraj Chouhan of graft, posters surface in several MP cities

Just a day before the scheduled visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bhopal, posters targeting Madhya Pradesh (MP) Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over alleged corruption surfaced in Bhopal, Indore and several other cities of the state on Monday, June 23

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The Mubarakpur Saree in the Digital Age: Can e-commerce bypass traditional barriers?

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From Whispers to Shouts: How India’s voter roll irregularities are finally being heard

From ghost voters in Bihar to duplicate entries in Maharashtra, years of citizen warnings have exploded into a national flashpoint after opposition parties accused the Election Commission of enabling “vote theft”

Storms battered her from outside, but she stood, an unwavering flame: Gauri Lankesh

Shivasundar, a freelance journalist, writer, and longtime associate and dear friend of fiery activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was assassinated on September 5, 2017, by extremists alleged to belong to the dreaded Sanatan Sanstha has penned this heartfelt poem on Gauri. On the eighth anniversary of her dastardly assassination.

New Immigration Order 2025: Streamlined rules, old exclusions

MHA’s latest notification streamlines exemptions for select groups, formalises detention centres, and echoes religion-based exclusions first introduced in 2015, raising constitutional and human rights concerns

The Nation needs an Ethanol Republic – A Satire

The author, under the pseudonym of Cyrus Behramji Puranafurniturewala, urges the Minister to consider expanding the list of ethanol blended goodies. These may have significant economic and ecological benefits and could also contribute to making India’s Happiness Index rise up sharply!

Is AMU, a Vatican of India’s reactionary Muslim elite?

Continuing an active debate around the dominant politics at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) this former student questions the latent arcane exclusivism that is affecting both quality, representation and diversity within

1.88 lakh dubious double voters found in Bihar, unusual deletion patterns raise doubts

Bihar SIR: 3.76 lakh dubious duplicate votes found, while 65 lakh voters were deleted under suspicious circumstances, the twin reports expose a flawed electoral revision process with high concentrations of mysterious young deaths, biased gender deletions, and unverified "shifts"