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Three Years of the Congress Government

A People’s Critique: Expectations and Disillusionments

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Does God exist or am I screaming into an empty sky?

The budding writer and poet is a student of the law in Mumbai

Vanished Without a Trace: CJP writes to NHRC detailing Assam’s secret detentions and illegal pushbacks

CJP’s memorandum to NHRC reveals mass night-time raids, disappearances of Bengali-speaking Muslims, and extra-legal deportations—signalling a grave constitutional and humanitarian crisis in India’s northeast

Assam: Slamming Sarma’s actions as discriminatory & unlawful, LOP, Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia calls for an urgent stop to “pushback” of citizens

Since May 23, hundreds of marginalised persons, many of whose cases are pending adjudication, have been unlawfully detained in Assam, and worse, pushed out, without due process across the international border, to Bangladesh; many have also returned

President or Governor, People Have Right to Governance!

The Centre itself wanted a time limit for assent to Bills in 2016. So, is a fresh SC hearing on Presidential Reference even necessary?

Save the honour and self-respect of India’s Armed forces: Former army naval personnel & citizens

Almost a hundred citizens have written to President Draupadi Murmu in her capacity as Supreme Commander of India's Armed Forces to “safeguard their honour and self-respect in the wake of controversial statements made by leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

An Open Letter: ‘I Have Small Eyes, Mr Prime Minister’

It doesn’t behove the stature of an Indian prime minister to deploy such racist language about any community, whether Indian or not. Why you could consider a course correction

Bengal: Is Govt-Aided School Education Heading For Privatisation?

Poor jobless families in Jangal Mahal area are being forced to pull out children from schools due to acute shortage of teachers and high cost of private education.

Pahalgam Tragedy: Indian delegations abroad

Have all teams been briefed the way Congress MP Shashi Tharoor spoke about unity, even as continued hate is being spread against Muslims back home?

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