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“Pradhan Helped BJP Win Odisha, Gyanesh Is Helping It Win India” | Aishe Ghosh | Teesta Setalvad
Aishe Ghosh speaks with Teesta Setalvad about student protests, political crackdowns and the fight for democracy in India.From the 2020 crackdown on student activists to today’s protests, they discuss...
Chorus grows for Caste-based Census
In the rup-up to the long overdue Census 2021, many leaders among the ruling government itself are making such demands now. Will the government give in?
Indian Muslims must reject the ‘Islamic Emirate’ in Afghanistan: IMSD
Image Courtesy: FacebookAround 150 Indian Muslims, supported by others...
UAPA case is to selectively target people who oppose CAA: Dr. Umar Khalid
The activist was appearing before a District court for a hearing of his bail plea in the Delhi violence case where has been booked under UAPA
Mumbai with Afghanistan
Activists and human rights groups come together in Mumbai, to demand freedom, democracy and justice for citizens of Afghanistan, who are at present suffering under the Taliban regime
Women who dared to raise their voices are vulnerable, yet they rise
Brave Afghan women continue to demand equal rights vis a vis education and employment, even as Taliban shows its old face again
Amnesty for Afghans: Can the world walk the talk?
It is one thing to express solidarity, but quite another to actually offer refuge; the least that departing world powers can do, is offer amnesty to Afghans desperate to flee a totalitarian regime
Livelihood a bigger issue than rations for migrant labourers: MRC
Experts appeal to governments to look into job security and better wages for migrant labourers along with food security
Journalists are targeted by all hardliner regimes, this time in Afghanistan
International media groups and organisations are asking governments to come together and make an “Emergency Plan for Afghan Journalism”
Afghanistan crisis: A tool to target Islam?
A Supreme Court AoR has drawn parallels between the Taliban and Turkish leader Bakhtiyar Khilji
Connecting the dots to reach the roots
The music of Raj Mohan, lyricist, singer and musician in Sarnami Bhojpuri is an ode to the history of Indians taken there by colonists to work as indentured labourers
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