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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

‘Quit EVM’ foot march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar on Quit India Day: Aug 9

Doubts over EVM manipulation surfaced more than once during...

The Valley of fear: Is Kashmir finally ‘free’?

Shorn of triumphalism and the much anticipated chest-thumping from...

Assam NRC case: CJP files intervention application to protect genuine Indian Citizens

Even as the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is...

Why do we protest? Mumbai citizens speak on the lockdown in Kashmir, Article 370

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A note from the Kashmiri Girl

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Section 144 imposed in Kargil

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Some incoherent thoughts on abolition of Article 370

The abrogation of Article 370 that binds India to...

Kashmir and Article 370: Kerala expresses shock and protest

Kerala expressed its shock and protest at the unexpected...

Some Myths About Article 370, 35A and Kashmir

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Law of force and the force of justice

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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Six-year-old detained during Patna teacher aspirants’ protest, parents allege police assault

Patna Police say the child was ‘rescued’ from a potentially dangerous crowd, while his parents allege that the family was taken to a police station, where they were assaulted and kept for nearly seven hours

The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun

The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.

112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions

Pradip Prabhu, who brought hope to the oppressed, is no more

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