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21 Opposition parties to CJI: SIR process is irregular and illegal, must be suspended
The eight page letter, dated June 28, 2026 but released publicly on July 3, includes signatories Mallikarjun Kharge, President, INC, Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party MP, Mamata Banerjee, TMC, Turchi Silva, DMK and independent MP, Kapil Sibal; the signatures of DMK. AAP assume significance as both parties had distanced themselves from INDIA bloc.
Beyond the Narrative of “Genocide”: Understanding Boko Haram, Religion, and Reality in Nigeria
Understanding the True Drivers of Violence in Nigeria
Faith recast as social justice? Revisiting Shariati’s vision of Islam as liberation
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Beyond 33%: The inspiring rise of women in rural decentralization
Recent proposals, including constitutional amendments to provide 33% reservation for...
The Metamorphic Resistance: Mahmoud Darwish, Resilience (Sumud), and the Architecture of Survival
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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
Bihar “Infiltrator” Hysteria: Samrat Choudhary’s claims of disenfranchising 22-lakh people corresponds to ECI’s “deceased voters” figure
Over the past weeks—even before replacing Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister of Bihar on April 15—Samrat Choudhary has, while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party, claimed that 22-lakh people would be struck off Bihar’s electoral rolls, with their driving licences and other benefits cancelled. The irony, however, is this: the figure of 22-lakh—drawn from the recently conducted, controversial SIR exercise in the state—corresponds only to deceased voters
Women’s Reservation – 13 Questions to Modi And His Associates in Government – Just Asking !!
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Womens Reservation Bill 2026: Women’s Rights & the RSS
Even as the present leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attempts to promote itself as a messiah for Indian women, the ideological base of this party is fundamentally patriarchals
Delimitation: A false solution driven by centralised power
Before asking what dangers delimitation poses, we must first examine a more fundamental issue: what are the existing problems, and will delimitation actually solve them? The real crisis in Indian governance today is not a shortage of representatives; it is the over-centralisation of power.
Will delimitation have severe, undemocratic consequences following the SIR?
A quick yet illustrative explainer on how the proposed three bills suddenly introduced in Parliament and tabled this week show a disproportionate impact on non-BJP states; moreover the author demonstrates how, both the SIR and delimitation of the Modi government as currently proposed, is a lethal attack on Parliamentary Democracy.
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