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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...
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.
This government has all but actually declared a war on its own people: Teesta Setalvad
Its been a challenging five years. Between 2017-2019 (between...
RSS as worshippers of brute power did not oppose 1975 Emergency
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From Lodi to Modi, Kabir will continue to be more powerful
June 24 marks the birth anniversary of a revolutionary poet and saint whose rebellious rhymes will always remain relevant
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