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The Metamorphic Resistance: Mahmoud Darwish, Resilience (Sumud), and the Architecture of Survival

If you are not rain, my love,be a tree sated with fertility, be a tree.And if you are not a tree, my love, be stone saturated with humidity, be stone.And...

Matleb Ali declared Indian by Tribunal, ending a long fight to prove his identity

With CJP’s intervention, the 10 th Foreigners Tribunal in Dhubri recognised Matleb Ali’s Indian citizenship, restoring his dignity and ending his battle against wrongful suspicion of foreigner status

UP: Ramayana, Vedic Workshops in Govt Schools Challenged

Why the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government’s move of using public funds for imparting religious instruction violates Article 28 of the Constitution.

In Contrast: Nehru’s Take on a Young, Dissenting Irfan Habib and the Modi Govt’s Treatment of Mahmudabad

India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru intervened to get a scholarship for a young Irfan Habib in spite of the fact that he was member of communist party.

NHRC, India takes suo motu cognisance of a media report regarding the arrest and remand to custody of a Professor of Ashoka University in...

In a press release issued today, May 21, the NHRC has  termed the arrest of Professor Mahmudabad as as a violation of han rights, directed the Director General of Police, Haryana to submit a report to the Commission within a week 

Pahalgam Attack: Kashmir unites in heroic resilience amid terror attack, proving humanity’s strength against hate narrative

Kashmir, renowned for its breath-taking landscapes and the warmth of its people, became a place of tragic sorrow, loss and anger, on April 22 when a terror attack claimed 26 lives at Baisaran, Pahalgam.  In the face of the chaos that followed, local heroes like Syed Adil Hussain Shah and Sajad Bhat risked their own lives to save others;  despite the tragedy, the people of Kashmir, transcending religious and cultural divides, stood in fraternal solidarity, showing that humanity, love, and peace are stronger than terror and hatred

“One Nation, One Election”: A Threat to Democracy and Federal Spirit

In recent times, the proposal of “One Nation, One...

How high is the price of criticism? Professor Mahmudabad arrested for his criticism of politics of hatred

The targeting of a respected scholar from the minority community, for a critical comment on the politics of hatred during a national security operation underscores the growing erosion of free speech, institutional autonomy, and dissent in contemporary India

Mahabodhi Vihar, Gaya: a conspiracy of silence across the political spectrum

Despite several months-long agitation for the management of the shrine to be handed over to Buddhists, none from the opposition parties, be it the INC, RJD, SP or TMC have leant any voice to this demand

Full Text | Ashoka University Professor Ali Mahmudabad’s Posts that Haryana Police Calls ‘Sedition’

This is the full text of Ali Mahmudabad's posts for which he has been arrested under charges that point to sedition.

Ice Cream to Kole Wetlands: How a Kerala Panchayat is Tackling Poverty With Planning, Participation

The story of Malappuram district’s Perumpadappa panchayat is one of how local institutions, when they plan, prioritise and are supported by the administration, can be a vehicle for grassroots economic change.

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From Cow Slaughter to “Public Order”: Allahabad High Court’s expanding use of preventive detention

Through detailed reliance on fear, timing, intelligence inputs, and administrative response, the Court stretches “public order” to justify preventive detention—raising difficult questions about liberty, evidence, and constitutional limits

From FIRs to “Corporate Jihad”: How the TCS Nashik case was transformed from an investigation into a communal narrative

As police probe serious claims of harassment, a parallel story of conspiracy and conversion dominates public discourse

Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve

Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation

Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC

The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.

Amendment to Women’s Reservation Bill: BJP’s hyperbole on women

The past conduct and ideological moorings of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as that of its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) reflect not just extreme and exclusivist views on women’s participation but are arguably distinctly misogynistic

Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG

The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) in an Open Letter to the President of India has condemned Odisha police’s wrongful dispossession of Adivasi lands in the state and violent action against protesting tribals