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To Karnataka’s Anti-SIR Movement: A note of caution and concern
While efforts have been afoot in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh by civil rights groups and people’s movements to ensure inclusion of the maximum number of eligible voters under the ongoing, expanded, SIR process. The author argues how these efforts may come to naught, given the structural issues involved: a compromised ECI, rushed timelines and the unlawful and rigid document-test for citizenship. In fact, robust efforts in Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu where similar efforts were made also came to naught.
Why Quranic Principles Advocate Secular Democracy Over Theocracy? Part 1
The Quran's emphasis on justice, consultation (shura), human dignity, religious freedom, and individual self-determination aligns more closely with secular democracy than authoritarian theocracy
Draft DPDP Rules, 2025, seeds of both surveillance and freedom
The recently published Draft DPDP, 2025 Rules (Digital Personal Data Protection Rules) contain some safeguards like consent on data possession, while the shadow of a dystopian future looms large, especially with broad exemptions granted to government agencies for processing data related to public services and subsidies that, in turn, create concerning possibilities for expanded state surveillance under the guise of public interest.
A socialist world is possible: 2025 Marx Oration
On the occasion of the 142nd death anniversary of Karl Marx, as has happened each year since March 17,1883 when Frederick Engels had delivered his historic speech at the graveside of his closest comrade and friend at the Highgate Cemetery in London, Ashok Dhawale, CPI (M) Polit Bureau and AIKS National President, along with others delivered a Marx Oration. We reproduce the text below
DRC-Rwanda: A region with repeated conflict-driven deaths requires that the escalating new crisis here must be resolved with urgency
When a country or region is known to be...
India at the Crossroads: The delimitation exercise and its implications for democracy
With no census having been conducted since 2021 for no explicable reason, the follow-up constitutionally mandated exercise of delimitation will be without foundation; besides, since with each delimitation exercise, the balance of power shifts, a rigid population-based approach, without reforms in fiscal and political decentralisation, risks further centralising authority in the Union government—potentially undermining the very spirit of federalism.
Indian Muslims condemn the mass killings of Syrian minorities by extremist Islamists
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The killings by the Islamists are fuelled by an ideology of religious sectarianism and extremism. Heading same as in statement. It would be great if you could attach full statement the way you always do.
After strong allegations by the TMC that ECI has transformed into the BJP’s “roll-rigging department”: TMC, ECI invites all parties for ‘deliberations’
TMC has strongly raised concerns over "ghost voters" and alleged BJP's collusion with the ECI to manipulate the voter list for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly Election, citing duplicate EPIC numbers and discrepancies in electoral roll. Weeks after the allegations were made in early March, on March 12, newspapers reported that the “ECI had invited all parties for discussions to strengthen the electoral process
The murder of Raghvendra Bajpai: A chilling reminder of the dangers faced by journalists in India
Investigative journalist and RTI activist, Raghvendra Bajpai, was shot dead in broad daylight after exposing corruption in Uttar Pradesh. His murder has sparked outrage, raising urgent questions about press freedom and journalist safety in India
IT Bill, 2025: Constitutional betrayal, reviving electoral bonds under the guise of tax reform
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Manipur tensions escalate over free movement policy: Kuki-Zo resistance and government crackdown
Security forces’ crackdown on Kuki-Zo protest in Kangpokpi leaves one dead, over 40 injured as Manipur’s ethnic tensions worsen; indefinite shutdown announced
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