South Asia

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka

Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine members gather at Azad Maidan after police search activist Harshada’s home in connection with a kite-flying programme for Palestinian children

The ideas of Shariati, Mawdudi, Qutb, and Nadwi provide important critiques of Western materialism, imperialism, and secularism, but remain largely reactive in their approach.

The author de-constructs the September 26 press note, point by point, and evolves a list of Ten Demands for a People’s Movement for Accountability & Transparency in India’s Electoral Process

The authors interrogate the manner and fashion of appointing faculty at IITs and other such institutions of “higher learning”

Citizens’ forum calls for transparency, independence and accountability in the Election Commission

At a Press Club of India meeting, lawyers, former judges, activists and public figures demanded restoration of deleted voters, a public audit of electoral rolls, disclosure of the Election Commission’s SIR records and an independent inquiry into decisions taken under CEC Gyanesh Kumar