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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...
Lakhimpur Kheri: UP gov’t calls for judicial inquiry by retired HC judge
The administration directed Justice Srivastava to present a report regarding the incident within the next two months
Srinagar: Terrorists kill two teachers
Victims were identified as a Sikh woman and a Kashmiri Pandit man, both government school teachers
Killing three civilians, terrorists send a bloody message across Jammu and Kashmir
Prominent businessman, street food vendor, taxi assoc prez shot dead in Kashmir on Tuesday
Gandhi’s contribution to Communal Harmony
First published on: 23 Aug 2019It is well known...
Shrey Hospital Fire: Victims’ families move court demanding CBI inquiry
While victims’ families claim city cops have botched the investigation, DA Mehta inquiry commission report hauls hospital administration and state government over the coals
By-polls conclude in West Bengal, Odisha; counting on Oct 3
53 percent turn out (till 5 P.M) in Bhawanipur where Mamata Banerjee is defending her Chief Minsitership, polling also held in Jangipur and Samserganj, and Odisha's Pipili
Time to check your sarkari email… does it have PM Modi’s photo?
After SC, NHRC official “aghast” to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photo in official email!
Assam gov’t announces relief package for defunct paper mills
Package worth Rs 570 crores, plus gov't will take over assets of Nagaon and Cachar paper mills
Internationalising Caste
Caste is becoming a global phenomenon, in the wake of 'Caste' being exported/carried along to the west by the upper caste Indians as we have seen from the recent Cisco case in California
EXCLUSIVE! Assam priest’s widow shoots down claims of “forced conversion”
Two Assam BJP leaders had alleged that the wife and son of Shiva temple priest were forcibly converted to Islam, but Parbati Das tells us that her marriage to a Muslim man happened after her first husband died, and her conversion was voluntary
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The Double Stage: Caste’s Schizophrenic Modernity between Spectacle and Shadow
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Labour
12 Bengali migrant workers murdered in 6 states, Maharashtra tops the crime list
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Communalism
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