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Looking Forward to 79th Independence Day: Whither Democracy!
Our Independence was the huge achievement of people’s struggle against the British. The Independence struggle had the participation of people of all religions, castes, genders, languages and ethnicities. The...
A Law to be Just must be imbibed with Justice & Equity: CJI Ramanna
Image Courtesy:indianexpress.com“It is a great pleasure for me to...
Save the Saviours! IMA’s theme for National Doctors’ Day 2021
The medical association honours all healthcare and frontline workers for their dedication during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Justice PB Sawant: A strong voice a social & political conscience
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CJP celebrated the extraordinary jurist’s life and legacy with his family and friends on what would have been his 91st birthday
Exclusive: J & K: What do elections mean without statehood?
Senior CPI (M) leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami, Convenor, People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration spoke exclusively to SabrangIndia's Karuna John on the issue, and on Sikh community’s concerns
How many “natural disasters” until the govt takes notice of Ambedkar Nagar residents?
A resident of this low-income neighbourhood in Mumbai's Malad area, and an interim report highlight the exclusionary tactics of India’s city of dreams
Indian Police Force: Abusive and tyrannical?
Despite the shocking number of police and judicial custodial deaths, very little seems to have been done about it
Unmaintained Toilets ‘hotbeds’ of Corona spread in India: Pragya Akhilesh
Interview with a sanitation crusader, often hailed as the “Toilet woman of India”; she found 46,000 active ‘dry latrines’ in India
The Spectre of Opposition Unity
They have all had a hand in weakening the foundations of democracy and paving the way for the present dreadful strength of the despotic forces
Prevention of torture Bill – the forgotten law
Questions about a law to tackle the menace of custodial deaths have been raised five times over three sessions in the Parliament this year; and questions about prison reforms, on the same lines have been asked many more times. The question of assigning punishment for custodial deaths has become all the more pertinent now, in the wake of the shocking encounter of the 4 accused in the Hyderabad vet’s rape and murder case.
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Hate Speech
Kerala court grants bail to T.G. Mohandas in Jantar Mantar remarks case, cites arrest procedure irregularity
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Education
August 11, 2026: A decade plus of students challenging a regime that seeks to control thought & ideas
The pushback to the Modi 1.0 regime came within months of it being sworn into office, and it emerged from the student of the Central University, Hyderabad & JNU among others, that had been creations of independent India’s intellectual and organisational fashioning; while Gen Z’s 2026 protests are a breath of fresh air to the battle weary, India’s students in universities have never been silent
Minorities
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India
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