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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

Perfect Storm Gathering Over Smriti Irani’s New Ministry

  As Textiles Minister Smriti Irani settles in to her...

The Gaze of the Developmental State and the Narmada Action Plans: Ashwin V.S

Jal Satyagraha in Narmada valley 2013The years following the...

In Solidarity With Irom Sharmila: Forum Against Oppression of Women

Statement issued by FORUM AGAINST OPPRESSION OF WOMEN  Let Us...

Should We ‘Make In India’ on the backs of our children?

 ContextLet’s go back to 1985 when a draft bill...

Why Dalits are turning against the BJP

With Hindutva baring its anti-Dalit fangs, the BJP is...

11 महीने में 17 कॉटन मिलें बंद, ‘मेक इन इंडिया’ को चुनौती

‘मेक इन इंडिया’ और उद्योगों को बढ़ावा देने के...

Mahasweta Devi among First to Appeal to President Narayan on Gujarat 2002 Massacres

  Acclaimed writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi who tied...

Dalit Bahujan Musings: Dilip Mandal

July 22-27, 2016 (Facebook Musings) Forcing Persons Into Manholes is...

Kashmir, Summer 2016: Angana Chatterji

In 2011, I had written an essay on Kashmir...

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Address Discrimination & Hate Crimes India told: CERD, UN

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has sharply criticised the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, and raised concerns about the subjecting of Bengali-speaking Muslims to “systematic and structural racial discrimination”

Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP

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