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Vande Mataram Requiem for Jana Gana Mana
There is a popular expression in Malayalam: when the bull lifts its tail, one is certain what will follow. It is a rustic metaphor, blunt yet precise, used to...
To Lord Ram, a letter of remorse and resolve
The writer reflects on Lord Rama's meaning as purity, transformation, sacrifice, love, and compassion, expresses regret at his name being used for violence and calls for introspection and a return to love and compassion.
‘Social Murders” at Kharghar deserve judicial probe, state callousness and negligence evident
The author states that the mega event at the tax payers’ expense that cost at least 13 lives and damaged the health of over 500, is reminiscent of the Hillsborough tragedy in which 97 football fans were killed and many injured during an FA cup semi-final in Sheffield in 1987
Identifying fake Aadhaar, a plot to bring in CAA-NRC?
A letter recently issued by the Union government to eight states, asks them to identify illegal Aadhar card holders in only specific areas
11 deaths due to “heat stroke” at Maharashtra govt’s award function
Over 600 complained of heat related illness say reports and several had to be hospitalized due to the same. Reportedly, 20 are still recovering in hospitals, some believed to be critical.
Diverse Nation Needs Diverse Battles to Save it, Say Civil Society Activists
Intellectuals, former civil servants, historians, economists, and academicians came together on the 20th anniversary of the formation of Anhad, a civil society group, at Constitution Club in New Delhi on Saturday.
No minister, all is not well with India’s Muslims
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A fact check of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s strange link between Muslim well being and ‘population growth’
‘Rationalisation’ of Text books or Communalisation of the Polity?
Representation ImageText books of schools are also a site...
IT Rules 2023: Union Government can now flag content relating to any of its “businesses” as “misleading”
The new form of censorship and govt control over information flow, in the 2021 amended Rules have been earlier challenged by several digital media portals and their operation stayed by high courts, now stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra’s latest challenge is in the Bombay HC
Rajasthan’s Health Law: An ongoing saga of promises and protests
A worthy first of its kind legislation, loopholes in civil society representation and other issues need to be plugged for complete efficacy
Images in Contrast: Bloodied body of 38 year-old Idrees Pasha, a beaming Abdul Rashid
One bloodied, dead, the other stoic and smiling, two contrasting visuals of Muslims from Karnataka reflect a bitter reality
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