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The Metamorphic Resistance: Mahmoud Darwish, Resilience (Sumud), and the Architecture of Survival
If you are not rain, my love,be a tree sated with fertility, be a tree.And if you are not a tree, my love, be stone saturated with humidity, be stone.And...
India’s RTI Act struggles to survive as backlog, lack of staff persists
Recent report by Satark Nagarik Sangathan reveals staggering figures showing how the condition of the Right to Information Act has deteriorated over the years.
Indian minorities must be protected, GOI needs to take steps: IAMC report
The now regular report of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) focuses on different aspects of violence against Indian minorities; this quarter’s report computes incidents from July – September 2023
Complaint filed by CJP against Kailash Vijayvargiya to ECI gets forwarded to concerned officer; response awaited
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On October 6, CJP had moved the Election Commission of India against the BJP leader for offering a reward of Rs 51,000 to the polling booth chairman for no votes given to the opposition Congress party
Article 370, permanent or temporary? Part II of arguments in Supreme Court
This is Part II of a series summarising arguments presented in the Article 370 hearings before the Supreme Court
India: Human Rights Defender Babloo Loitongbam’s house vandalised in Manipur
Frontline Defenders has condemned the attack on the home of human rights defender Babloo Loitongbam on October 5, 2023, in Manipur. The human rights defender’s residence was vandalised by unidentified perpetrators. Hours prior to the attack Babloo Loitonbam was threatened by a militant group named ‘Meitei Leepun’ who called for the human rights defender to be boycotted.
Is Article 367 a tool for understanding or amending the Constitution? Abrogation of Article 370, Part 1
Four years after a sudden and non-deliberated abrogation of Article 370 (August 5, 2019), the Modi 2.0 regime faced a challenge to what was arguably an arbitrary and unconstitutional act
Manipur: Horrifying video of tribal man being burnt alive surfaces
As the violence and internet ban in Manipur continues, a brutal video has emerged of a tribal man being burnt alive in a trench. Police claims crime happened in May
SKM: Farmers to protest against union government’s attempt to undermine farmers’ protest through Newsclick FIR
In the FIR against Newsclick, it has been alleged that the Farmers’ Movement created a law and order situated and was foreign funded; SKM rejects all accusations, terms it to be an attempt of the BJP-RSS led government to take revenge
US commission highlights decline in religious freedom in India, recommends policy action
USCIRF calls for action as witnesses' testimonies cite grave concerns over religious violations
Mob fury: Manipur HRD, Babloo Loitongbam’s home attacked in Imphal
The police said that the assailants were “angered” by the statement he made against the Meitei Leepun, a radical Meitei organisation allegedly responsible for targeted violence; a former IPS officer compelled to retract her criticism as well
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