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To Karnataka’s Anti-SIR Movement: A note of caution and concern
While efforts have been afoot in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh by civil rights groups and people’s movements to ensure inclusion of the maximum number of eligible voters under the ongoing, expanded, SIR process. The author argues how these efforts may come to naught, given the structural issues involved: a compromised ECI, rushed timelines and the unlawful and rigid document-test for citizenship. In fact, robust efforts in Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu where similar efforts were made also came to naught.
Democratic Deficit: Unlawful Bills tabled in Parliament: Monsoon Session 2023
The patterns of both tabling and passing Bills without democratic deliberations with the Opposition, considering diverse views especially amidst Criticism raise serious questions on their implications for India's Democracy
Will recently amended Birth Registration law be (mis)used to curb voting rights, even launch the dreaded NPR?
After the Lok Sabha passed Bill (amendment to the 1969 Births & registration law) to create a National Database of Births & Deaths giving sweeping powers (and control) of birth, death registration data to the union government, its serious implications need to be examined. With birth registration already having severe loopholes (77 % of children in urban areas and only 56.4 % in rural areas have had their births registered) if a birth registration certificate is made a precursor to the right to vote, implications could be disastrous. And undemocratic.
Manipur urgently needs the healing touch, prompt political intervention: former bureaucrats
113 former civil servants who have formed into the CCG (Constitutional Conduct Group), have urged urgent steps to end the conflict in Manipur, where violence has continued unchecked by the union and state governments for over three months
Achyut Yagnik, a giant public intellectual passes away at 78: Gujarat
Achyut Yagnik (1946-2023), a well-known intellectual from Gujarat, passed away...
Majoritarian agenda & Indian Muslims
In the recent announcement of BJP’s new National executive,...
Were the 2019 general elections free & fair?
Were the 2019 general elections free and fair or did the BJP that won a disproportionate share of seats in closely contested constituencies, indulge in some manipulation, unrelated to EVMs? A research paper by an academic of Ashoka university says the density of the incumbent party’s win margin variable exhibits a discontinuous jump at the threshold value of zero’
Schisms & divides among communities need resolution, mature peacebuilding need of the hour: Manipur
The inability of the state government to separate state functionaries from indulging in identity-based politics has always been a particular failure of the government and people of Manipur in general. It is also understandable that any move by the Union government will have a bearing on the Nagas who have been a silent observer throughout. If any bipartite or tripartite solution materializes, an impending bloodshed between communities is highly possible in the state.
Love-Jihad now part of public policy in Assam
Assam CM released a set of posters which describes, amongst other measures, instructions for police officials to develop means of tackling the alleged bogey of 'Love-Jihad', read SabrangIndia's report on this state-sponsored surveillance
Paying homage to Biswajit Chakrabarty, Assam
From the land of Assam, came a giant of...
Can’t be a five-trillion dollar economy at cost of rivers of blood flowing in North-East: Rupa Chinai
At the heart of the conflict are a disenchanted peoples, Kuki-Zo, Nagas and Meiteis and a society torn asunder by the cynical politics of the ‘double engine sarkar’
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To Karnataka’s Anti-SIR Movement: A note of caution and concern
While efforts have been afoot in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh by civil rights groups and people’s movements to ensure inclusion of the maximum number of eligible voters under the ongoing, expanded, SIR process. The author argues how these efforts may come to naught, given the structural issues involved: a compromised ECI, rushed timelines and the unlawful and rigid document-test for citizenship. In fact, robust efforts in Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu where similar efforts were made also came to naught.
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After Akbar Ali Mondal’s Killing, Pani Sol’s Hawkers Ask: How Will We Survive?
Ground Report I In Pani Sol, one of Bengal's largest villages of hawkers, Akbar Ali Mondal's killing has left thousands of Muslim traders fearful about earning a living and supporting their families
India
The BEST Strike: Years of unfulfilled promises, structural neglect and the future of public transport in Mumbai
From unpaid employee dues and stalled budget reforms to controversial depot monetisation and the expansion of the wet-lease model, the strike has reopened fundamental questions about the future of public transport in Mumbai
Rights
Declared Foreigners, Facing Deportation: Supreme Court grants interim relief
Women detained after being declared foreigners argue that tribunals disregarded substantial evidence and relied on minor inconsistencies to reject their citizenship claims
Rights
Release Kashmiri HRD Khurram Pervez immediately & unconditionally: International HR Fora
In a strong joint statement issued on the occasion of Khurram Parvez’s 49th birthday on June 18, 2026, close to 100 international organisations and an equal number of individuals, including those associated with the United Nations like World Organization against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Frontline Defenders, Amnesty International, among others, have demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the Kashmiri human rights defender and the relentless campaign of judicial harassment.
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The Court spoke, the police paraded anyway
The Rajasthan High Court's landmark judgment on public shaming was ignored within the month it was delivered; what have other High Courts said on this depreciable practice?
Caste
Thirty years on, justice remains elusive for Dalits in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana
A chapter in a major 30-year review of the PoA Act argues that institutional failures, rather than legislative gaps, remain the biggest obstacle to justice
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The telegram NEET case and the expansion of platform-level censorship in India
The Court's judgment marks a significant shift in Indian digital rights jurisprudence by accepting that the very design and architecture of a platform may justify extraordinary restrictions affecting millions of lawful users