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SRFTI Under Siege: ALIFA Demands VC’s Removal, Independent Inquiry into Campus Violence

13th Nov, 2026: All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) expresses immense concern at the disturbing developments on the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI-Kolkata) campus since late September. We note...

Films building up  a majoritarian narrative: Swatantraveer Savarkar

Films are a very powerful medium which create a social understanding...

IPMIE Bulletin on Elections 2024: Appointment of Election Commissioners, arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, EVM failure, media bias, voter registration

An Independent Panel for Monitoring Indian Elections 2024, has been formed to address concerns of civil society on the upcoming general elections; its first release points out a catalogue of concerns

Fulfill Promises Made To People Of Ladakh: Sonam Wangchuk In Fresh Appeal To Modi

Women activists of Ladakh begin fresh batch of 10-day long hunger strike in Leh

Top US academics, including Amartya Sen, condemn long incarceration of journalists & activists, erosion of Indian democracy

A group of prominent international scholars, academicians, and writers has sounded the alarm over the prolonged incarceration of critics of the BJP government in India; named in the statement are 75 year-old senior journalist and author, Prabir Purkayastha.

A Tiny Book that Captures Powerful Idea(s) of India

Two internationally renowned public intellectuals, historian Romila Thapar and literary theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak met in 2017 and conversed about The idea of India and how it has evolved historically. The conversation was published as a book, seven years later in 2024. Writer and academic Zahira Rahman reviews the book highlighting its insights and historical relevance.

Nothing ‘Right’ about India’s Human Rights Commission

The accreditation review of the National Human Rights Commission...

Kolkata man commits suicide, family claims CAA rules led him to it

A young 31 year old man has reportedly committed suicide in West Bengal. Debashish Sengupta was afraid that his ailing father, who came from Bangladesh, would be denied citizenship due to the paperwork contained in the recently enacted CAA 2019 Rules

Adieu Zafar Agha, a man with a mission and vision – a tribute

Zafar Agha, a journalist of four decades, and Editor-in-chief of the National Herald, passed away in Delhi in the early morning of March 22. He was 70. His words, uttered in quiet anguish reflected in his commitment, “For the first time in my life I felt I was a Muslim, a defeated and humiliated Muslim. It was not the India of my dreams and my beliefs” - Zafar Agha : Editors

Mumbai: AAP protestors experience extreme police brutality, allege arbitrary detentions

AAP leaders and volunteers had been protesting against the “illegal” arrest of Delhi CM and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal outside the ED Mumbai office late nigh Thursday, March 21

Agitation Likely To Intensify In Ladakh: KDA Calls For Half-Day Strike In Kargil Today

Over 250 supporters join Sonam Wangchuk and sleep in open under Minus 12 degrees C

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