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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...

A tale of two protests in the heart of Delhi

Peace seekers detained in minutes before protest begins, while it took two days to arrest hate rally organisers, scores of whom still roam free

Rohingya migrants involved in illegal activities: MHA

The Home Ministry has also stated that illegal migrants like the Rohingyas pose a threat to national security

Centre dodgy on oxygen deprivation deaths

After claiming no deaths due to oxygen shortage, Centre says “some” patients died due to insufficient oxygen supply in Andhra Pradesh; 23 people had allegedly died due to lack of adequate oxygen on May 10 at Tirupati’s Ruia Government General Hospital

1,948 arrests under UAPA, but only 485 cases sent for trial in 2019: Centre

MHA admits that in 157 such cases, the chargesheet was filed after one year, leaving detained persons under such cases to languish in jail!

National campaign for Democracy celebrates International Day of Indigenous People

Jharkhand’s Adivasis assembled in small groups at the physical and virtual level, while farmers and workers protested on the multi-faceted day of August 9.

Time that UAPA is made to Quit India!

A call has been given by over 165 groups from across India, demanding the repeal of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

Defence Ministry has had no transaction with Pegasus developer NSO Group: Centre in RS

This is the first clarification the central government has provided after the Pegasus scandal of illegal surveillance emerged

A song known by it’s lyrics, it’s singer, not the author 

Santosh Anand  "Ek Pyar ka Nagma Hai" is a famous...

Will the Private Member Bill to delete sedition from IPC be considered?

The debate against sedition has started gaining momentum as the Supreme Court has agreed to test the constitutional validity of the colonial era law that continues to haunt criminal jurisprudence

Covid-19: Are Indians letting their guard down against a possible third wave?

States such as Orissa, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh have upped vigilance, surveillance already

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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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