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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

All Party MPs to Meet VC JNU Today to Ensure Negotiations with Fasting Students

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Eight Days Into the Hunger Strike JNU Students Health Fragile, VC Issues “Appeal”

UPDATE: An intransigent administration and a completely callous Ministry for...

PM to Meet Jisha’s Mother in Kerala: Sorry, Delta, There Were No Elections in Rajasthan

Delta Meghwal (left); Jisha (right)   Barely 38 days ago, on March...

After the Deaths of Two Monks in Police Firing, NAPM Demands a Moratorium on Big Dams in Arunachal Pradesh

Seismic-Sensitive Arunachal Pradesh cannot risk a rapacious planning policy that allows...

Jisha’s Death Sparks Countrywide Protests

  The brutal violence meted out to Jisha, a 30...

जिशा, मेरी दोस्त, दलितों की जान इतनी सस्ती क्यों है?: चिंटू

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When People Think of Themselves as People and “Others” as Snakes

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Land Reforms Fail, 5% Of India’s Farmers Control 32% Land

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