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The Faultlines In Secularism

A secular republic is one of humanity's most difficult political achievements.

After silencing protests by violence, UP starts implementing CAA

Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh unleashed the worst of police atrocities on its people; those who were protesting as well as those who were not. Yet, undeterred by public resentment, the state has started process for implementing CAA.

Enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims

Structural Violence deepens roots of Communal violence in India: the enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims, who see the government’s meddling with citizenship laws as nothing short of an existential threat.

Huge rally of women in Malegaon against CAA, NRC

Image Courtesy: indianexpress.comMalegaon witnessed its second massive protest against...

NAPM expresses solidarity with JNU

In a statement, it condemns the inaction and abetment of the Delhi police and the government in helping facilitate the violence at JNU

Eerie calm at JNU, women students leave hostel

In light of the violence, many women students have left campus fearing for their safety

Come rain or cold, Assam protests go on

The artists community in Assam was joined by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) for a protest rally against CAA. The eastern India is indeed keeping the flame of protests burning. Bengal also simultaneously held protest marches with its Matua community and Gorakha Janmukti Morcha (Tamang) marching on.

MP Elamaran Kareem urges President to probe JNU violence

The Rajya Sabha MP in his letter to the President also appealed to him to evict the Vice Chancellor of JNU

Police failure to protect JNU from terror attack needs to be independently investigated

Image Courtesy: countercurrents.orgThe terror attack on JNU last night...

CJP’s big win: SC hears petition, orders no children be sent to detention camps in Assam

CJP’s application sought directions from the apex court that drew attention to the Constitutional, legal obligations and prayed, specifically that no child excluded from the NRC is either sent to detention camps nor separated from their parents in Assam.

Express yourself without fear: Faculty to IIT Kanpur students

They wrote in support of students reciting Faiz’s poem “Hum Dekhenge” during anti-CAA protest

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The Faultlines In Secularism

A secular republic is one of humanity's most difficult political achievements.

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