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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...

I have opposed Muslim fanatics: Javed Akhtar

The writer-poet counters all allegations of supporting Taliban, ennumerates examples of threats to his life due to his vociferous condemnation of oppressive practices by the minority community, and says he holds Hindus in high esteem

The bogey of ‘Love Jihad’

Both, the Kerala Bishop who accused Muslims of making Catholic girls in the state victims of love and narcotic jihad, and the former Gujarat CM who wanted to take action against those who trap innocent girls, disregard the agency and wisdom of adult women

Yet another man from West Bengal dubbed “foreigner” in Assam: CJP to the rescue

Fourth such case handled by CJP team where an Indian citizen was declared foreigner for simply crossing the state border!

Do citizens today have the right to peacefully oppose their government?

Civil society marks one year of Dr Umar Khalid detention, asks if those who seek answers from the government will also have to pay with their freedom?

Centre refuses to disclose use of Pegasus in affidavit, pleads national security

The Supreme Court has reserved its order in the matter

Why was Bhupendra Patel chosen to helm Gujarat ahead of Assembly polls?

After Vijay Rupani’s sudden resignation, 15 months before assembly elections are due in the state, there were whispers of not just a course correction, but also a demand for a Patel Chief Minister

Why is Badruddin Ajmal advising Muslims to avoid eating beef?

The AIUDF Chief, whose party is still smarting from a severing of ties by the Congress, is struggling to maintain his political relevance in a state where a hardline stance makes one a political pariah

Why did Indian Express apologise for the epic Adityanath advertorial goof up?

Chief Minister Adityanath seemed ‘unaware’ of the goof up, or was too busy making ‘abba jaan’ comments in Kushinagar

A tribute to Danish Siddiqui (May 19, 1983 – July 16, 2021) 

India’s leading photojournalists share iconic photographs of their careers, in a tribute to their slain colleague, and as a salute to photojournalism

Gujarat: CM Vijay Rupani quits, just a year ahead of polls

Chief Minister said his resignation will give party's leadership opportunity to bring new energy

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CJP’s 2025 Hate Watch: leading the fight for accountability in the digital media

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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.

UGC Guidelines 2026: AISA Protest at Delhi University followed by sexual abuse allegations amid police presence

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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)

Against the Script of Hate: How ordinary citizens are reclaiming public space

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