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From Assam’s Soil to Detention and Back: The tragic death of Amzad Ali

Locked up in Matia detention camp despite generations-long roots in Assam, 49-year-old Amzad Ali dies of cancer as authorities ignore medical appeals; family finally lays him to rest in his native village

US Religious Freedom Report Highlights Cow Vigilantism

The targeting of persons, mostly Muslims, suspected of bovine...

In 2015, India Lost 2 Children Below Age 5 Every Minute

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“… Seems like part of a bigger agenda to malign me personally”: former editor, EPW

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UN chief concerned over India’s plan to deport Rohingya Muslims

The United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres is concerned...

Which Evil & Who would Krishna Battle if He were Born Today? 

Just ask yourselves this: if Krishna was to be born...

On Independence Day,leaders of Narmada Bachao Andolan are in Jail, Waiting for justice

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Moving beyond nationalism: a new vision for peace in South Asia

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