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SIR and the Making of a Stateless Citizen? | R. Rajagopal Speaks Out | Teesta Setalvad
Veteran journalist and former Editor of The Telegraph, R. Rajagopal, found himself excluded from West Bengal's electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. What followed, he says,...
Reconciliation conference in presence of actor, Amol Palekar on June 26: Kolhapur
A meeting convened under the banner of the Bharatiya Lok Andolan last week vowed to take the ideals of equality and non –discrimination on which Shahu Maharaj reigned, to the people
Manipur is Burning but who cares?
In this impassioned and well researched piece, the writer a vocal human rights activist lists the long line of abdication by the Indian state since the north-eastern state of Manipur erupted in violence, visibly since May 3, 2023
Despite efforts, three delegations from violence-struck Manipur failed to meet PM Modi
Two sets of BJP MLAs from Manipur have been camping in New Delhi for the past five days, since June 15 to meet the PM, who has now left for the US today.
The loneliness of being Imtiaz Ahmad
The Muslim elite disown him for talking caste and the Hindu right-wing abuses him for his uncompromising stance on secularism, writes Abhay Kumar
Eddelu Karnataka, understanding a unique civil society experiment: K’taka assembly polls
The author, a senior activist and vital part of the Karnataka civil society experiment in the 2023 state assembly elections, documents the experience and journey in a four-part exploration
Many takers for ‘Mohabbat ki Dukaan’ in Mumbai
The Congress party is celebrating Rahul Gandhi’s birthday on June 19 by setting up a shop of love across the city
Uniform Civil Code Or Codified Personal Law?
AJ Jawad -
In the background of a bunch of writ petitions...
Manipur Is Burning Because of BJP’s Divisive Politics: Civil Society Groups
"Both the central and the state government are weaponising the constitutional provisions to destroy concepts of democratic dialogue, federalism and safeguarding of human rights.”
Key challenge for Siddaramiah’s Congress Govt: review NEP, its “health & wellbeing” policy
The union government’s controversial NEP, adopted by the erstwhile BJP-led Karnataka government institutionalises discrimination and dogma in education, it’s important to document concerns around it before it becomes a template for other states. Although the stated objective of the paper is to illustrate the importance of health, it embroils itself in irrational and unscientific propaganda that can be disastrous within an educational space.
K’taka to repeal BJP’s controversial anti-conversion law; to remove Hedgewar from textbooks
Lessons on KB Hedgewar and Savarkar to be removed from textbooks, Poem on Ambedkar re-inserted
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