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“SIR is a Nazi-Fascist Project:” M.G. Devasahayam
Alleging that a staggering one crore persons will be finally excluded from the Karnataka state electoral rolls, MG Devasahayam, a former IAS officer, who was recently interviewed by the Kannada daily Vartabharati stated that opposition political parties had failed the voter while citizens groups had posed a robust challenge to the SIR process
Rain, cold wave, congestion, the farmers brave it all!
Former bureaucrats write in support of farmers, Delhiites plan support meet, more farmers from Punjab head to NCR
J&K judge alleges interference
In an astonishing revelation in his order, the Sessions Judge stated that he was asked not to grant bail to an accused
Why Sheikh Hasina Is the Reason for the Rise of Islamists in Bangladesh
One of the important reasons why these Islamists feel so emboldened is because the Hasina government has been soft on them.
15 farmers die in two weeks, the central government continues to refuse farmers’ demands
While mud slinging around the robust farmers’ protests continue, the human costs have been high: organisations have already recorded 15 deaths since November 24.
BKU seeks to intervene in SC petition against central government’s farm laws
Bhanu Pratap, the farmers' union leader, calls the three laws “anti-constitutional” in the petition
Why did J&K Govt chop down 10,000 Apple trees grown by Muslim farmers?
The government is reported to have called the villagers “encroachers” on forest land, but the nomadic families have nurtured the small orchards for generations!
EU Disinfo Lab blows the lid off pro-India fake news apparatus!
Investigation reveals 750 fake media outlets in 116 countries, impersonation, identity theft and even resurrection of the dead!
International activists demand justice for Faisal Khan, other jailed HRDs
On International Human Rights Day, Indian, American and European activists demand Faisal Khan’s immediate release, justice for all human rights defenders being persecuted in India
Mamata dubs attack on BJP convoy “nautanki”, Dilip Ghosh promises revenge
Meanwhile, the bigger question emerges: Is the BJP playing victim in Bengal to deflect attention from farmers’ agitation?
Aug’19 NRC was supplementary list: NRC Co-ordinator
The list that excluded 19 lakh people in Assam and was declared as the final list, is apparently not!
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India
“SIR is a Nazi-Fascist Project:” M.G. Devasahayam
Alleging that a staggering one crore persons will be finally excluded from the Karnataka state electoral rolls, MG Devasahayam, a former IAS officer, who was recently interviewed by the Kannada daily Vartabharati stated that opposition political parties had failed the voter while citizens groups had posed a robust challenge to the SIR process
Gender and Sexuality
When Suspicion Becomes Deportation: The case of Sahida Fakir and the dangerous criminalisation of Bengali identity
A woman who left home to buy dinner was detained, taken across state lines and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh despite her family producing a birth certificate, voter ID, school records and land documents
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
The women India continues to ignore
It is 76 years into the adoption of the Indian Constitution. However, the fundamental promises of equality and dignity remain elusive for many communities - none more so than Dalit women. What is even starker is the sheer indifference of institutions towards their plight. This piece aims to highlight how the understanding of “women” does not mechanically encompass Dalit women and accentuate the underlying forces that precludes the empowerment of women from the most downtrodden sections of Indian society.
Politics
The State Wants the Delete Button: India’s new architecture of digital censorship
Nearly 1.95 lakh blocking directions in five months raise urgent questions about transparency, due process and the constitutional limits of government control over online speech
India
Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
Communalism
When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands
India
Maharashtra SIR: 2.08 crore (20.8 million) voter forms “uncollected” hence may not be listed in August 24 draft electoral roll
More than 1 in 5 voter enumeration forms have remained “uncollected” on the final day of Maharashtra’s SIR exercise, with urban districts accounting for a large share of those bureaucratically “excluded”-- nearly 95 lakh forms were uncollected in Thane, Mumbai and Pune, though voters left out of the draft will get a month to seek inclusion or correction
Minorities
Jharkand government accused of continued communal lynchings by fact-finding team
The fact-finding team that comprised representatives of Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, Karwan e Mohabbat, Sajha Kadam and United Milli Forum has demanded that both the family of the deceased (lynched) man and victim survivor be provided protection and an impartial probe be conducted