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Penguin’s Shenanigans
Penguin has repeatedly crossed the line between due diligence and outright censorship. Small publishers, who have a lot more to lose, seem to have more of a spine.
Of Encounter Killings and Sexual Violence in Chhatisgarh: A Fact-finding
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Four brute killings, of three agricultural workers and a...
Super cop Julio Ribeiro challenges Pandey’s appointment as DGP Gujarat
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Should a Cop Charged with Serious Crimes be appointed...
Electric Companies Duping Indian Consumers: DRI Investigates a 29,000 Crores Rupees Scam
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Six companies from the Adani group, Anil Ambanis companies...
The Fight For Haji Ali Dargah – Should Women Be Allowed?
Satyen K. Bordoloi Haji Ali Dargah, an iconic Mumbai landmark,...
One Day Hunger Strike in Support of Fasting Students: JNUTA
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An Inglorious End: The Summary Execution of Benito Mussolini
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Hindutva’s Fascist Heritage
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When Highhandedness Defies the Cardinal Principles of Natural Justice: JNU
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Rise Up against the Proxy War on Students by the Modi Regime: Shehla Rashid
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Sanghis, Sex and University Students: What is it Really All About?: Ayesha Kidwai
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Penguin’s Shenanigans
Penguin has repeatedly crossed the line between due diligence and outright censorship. Small publishers, who have a lot more to lose, seem to have more of a spine.
Communalism
Four decade-long misogyny of a law academic? Tahir Mahmood’s defence of Manusmriti echoes in his criticism of the 1985 Shah Bano verdict
The author argues that the positions of the legal scholar, Prof. Tahir Mahmood over forty years --defending the Manusmriti in 2026 and his opposition to maintenance for Muslim women at the time of the Shah Bano verdict in 1985 –reveal a cohesive, conservative worldview that normalises gender hierarchy under the guise of legal protectionism.
Media
Press bodies condemn alleged assault on women journalists at Saket Police Station, seek inquiry and action
Press Club of India, NWMI, Editors Guild of India and other journalists' organisations demand an independent and impartial investigation after Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan alleged assault during and after their detention by Delhi Police
Gender and Sexuality
Jauhar & the Politics of Distraction: How the Right and so-called liberals often complement each other
The selectiveness of medieval Muslim or medieval Rajput history in contestation is not just deliberate effort to alienate these two communities but is also a Brahmanical viewpoint that refuses to subject Peshwa or Maratha history to a similar brand of selectivity
Gender and Sexuality
When purdah becomes prison
Kerala's Grand Mufti Aboobacker Musliyar and the Misreading of Qur’an
History
Vande Mataram and the 2026 Amendment: From voluntary honour to penal coercion
While the slogan Vande Mataram galvanised millions during India’s struggle for liberation from the clutches of colonial rule, this essay demonstrates that the 2026 Amendment –that the BJP has orchestrated--does not represent historical continuity, but rather a contemporary majoritarian redefinition of a complex national symbol.