Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
Cries for Justice in India grow louder!
Come February 20, and the world will once again observe the ‘World Day of Social Justice’. It is an annual feature during which many all over (particularly politicians) will wax eloquent on...
NIA arrests suspected Ansar operative for ‘planning UP blasts’
Police claim that the accused, Tawheed Ahmed Shah, is connected to Al Qaeda-linked Ansar Ghazwat-ul Hind
Citizens condemn conduct of Presiding Officer Rama Devi
Raise concerns over interruption of MP Mahua Moitra's speech and Devi's advice to Moitra to "speak with love"
HC paves way for Assam government’s move to ‘secularise’ provincialised Madrasas
Gauhati HC upholds Assam Repealing Act 2020 that was used by the state government to convert gov’t funded madrasas into regular government schools
Reclaim UP’s tradition of studied dissent and scholarship, vote out the BJP: Activists
The appeal states that results of the Assembly elections, especially in Uttar Pradesh, will be decisive in many ways
Save our livelihoods to get our votes: UP weavers’ 2022 election manifesto
UP’s weaver community lists a detailed set of expectations from the political parties aiming for their vote for Assembly elections
UP’s Dy CM’s “Brahmin a superior way of living life” a sign of poll panic?
Dinesh Sharma says proud to be Brahmin, at the same time ‘slams’ opposition for being ‘casteist’
Air India sale: The making of One Lakh Crore scam?
Need for an in-depth and impartial investigation into favourable concessions given to new owners
Afghan citizens under the Taliban rule: Frustration, poverty, and displacement
An Afghan student’s appeal for compassion and international support for the common people
Rejection of Narayan Guru is a rejection of Indian Pluralism and Dissent
Every republic day we have the gala program where...
Badshah Khan an icon of inter-faith harmony: February 6
Complimentary to Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Badshah Khan also played a crucial role in the sub-continent’s movement for sovereignty over the British and commitment to inter-faith Harmony
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Rights
From D-Voter Tagging to Citizenship Declaration: Anowara Khatun’s case before the foreigners’ tribunal
A Goalpara woman’s case underscores structural barriers faced by economically disadvantaged individuals in proving citizenship
Rule of Law
Rebuild or Compensate: Nagpur HC confronts NMC over ‘bulldozer’ demolition in riot case
Court flags prima facie breach of Supreme Court safeguards; asks civic body to decide whether it will reconstruct the house or pay damages
Communalism
CJP’s 2025 Hate Watch: leading the fight for accountability in the digital media
In 2025, CJP emerged as India’s leading voice confronting digital hate on television, spearheading sustained NBDSA interventions that challenged communal broadcasts/debate, secured corrective orders, and strengthened accountability frameworks to restrain the spread of hateful and polarising content across news media
Caste
The Double Stage: Caste’s Schizophrenic Modernity between Spectacle and Shadow
Caste from the pre-modern, colonial to the post-Republican; this analysis draws from, among others, works by Nicholas Dirks (2001), Anand Teltumbde (2014) and Gopal Guru (2016) to map this transition showing that contemporary caste should be best understood as a sort of social schizophrenia driven by imaginative acts whereby power perpetuates itself through a convoluted hermetic legitimising act in India.
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
UGC Guidelines 2026: AISA Protest at Delhi University followed by sexual abuse allegations amid police presence
Delhi university has seen persistent protest by Ambedkarite and left groups demanding implementation of the UGC Guidelines 2026 that were summarily stayed by the Supreme Court; in one such, a confrontation during a mobilisation over UGC equity regulations, AISA women leaders were subject to brute and allegedly sexualised threats, while a right-wing YouTuber filed a separate assault complaint; police have registered parallel FIRs
Labour
12 Bengali migrant workers murdered in 6 states, Maharashtra tops the crime list
Following the recently unleashed hysteria on the misnomer “Bangladeshi immigrants”, spearheaded by BJP elected officials from the Centre to States, as many as 12 Bengali migrant workers have been murdered, revealing the physical targeted harm that can flow out of systemic hate speech made by those in public authority; these are statistics compiled by the West Bengal Migrants Welfare Board; 4 of the 12 killed have been in “progressive” Maharashtra and 10 in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Communalism
Against the Script of Hate: How ordinary citizens are reclaiming public space
A shop sign in Kotdwar, a shutter kept open in Nainital, a landlord’s refusal in Purola, and a Valentine’s Day standoff in Jaipur — how everyday acts of defiance are reshaping the narrative of communal tension in India