Politics

This article is on the unveiling of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s portrait, in 2003, first in the premises of Indian Parliament and then, two months later, in the Maharashtra assembly. It was published in Communalism Combat, April 2003. By well-known historian, Anil Nauriya, it offers an insight into both the man himself and his politics.

The Rohingyas who were arrested were about to catch a train for travelling outside the Northeast, in search of shelter and jobs, according to the police version

"Two professions have to be necessarily independent, a judge and a journalist. If they falter, democracy suffers."

The 26-year-old Iranian football player Amir Nasr-Azadani is facing the threat of execution

During an online press conference, they claimed that the proposed data protection Bill is used to take the essence of RTI law. Civil societies and journalists should speak up.

Kiren Rijiju, India’s law minister’s most recent provocation to the Supreme Court brought a swift and unequivocal response. CJI, hearing a matter where a man suffered long years of unfair incarceration said,  “If we do not act in matters of personal liberty..what are we doing here?”

In the ongoing Parliament session, the government says that no land of fishermen was acquired by the Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited

The Deputy CM said that the government encourages inter-caste marriages but cases of cheating were on the rise in inter-faith marriages

Political parties fear opening of a “dark chapter in blatant ‘othering’ of Kashmiris”, while KCCI says it may hit livelihood and employability.

The application for the marriage is submitted a month prior to the marriage, under the Special Marriages Act of 1954