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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

Open Letter from Swathi’s Sister Calls a Halt to Insensitive Speculation

A candlelight vigil held in memory of software professional...

Chennai techie’s murder does not call for rabid speculation on religion and caste

Source: The News Minute   Chennai techie’s murder does not call...

What it’s like to be gay and a Muslim

Belief in the negativity of homosexuality from the perspective...

समझौता काण्ड : हिंदुत्व का नया विधिशास्त्र

  ​कानून / न्याय की सामान्य रूटीन में लगी पुलिस...

A Forest Policy that Wasn’t, But which still snatches Forest Rights away

Coming from a government and party that claims sole...

Army Petitions Supreme Court to Close Kunan Poshpora Rape Case

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Six Victims of the...

Why Bad News for One Muslim American is Bad News for All Muslims

Image: Joe Skipper/Reuters On the morning of June 12, as...

Lessons Not Learned from Gujarat 2002

“With a purified heart, and with proper thinking, go...

In June, 7 Drought-Hit States Short Of Water

Of 11 states ravaged by drought in 2016, seven—Karnataka,...

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