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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

What a Wonderful Women’s day! At AMU

Aligarh Muslim UniversityThe co-founder of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila...

Confounding Mythology with History is the Sangh’s Agenda: Amartya Sen

First published on: January 1, 2001The saffron agenda of...

राष्ट्रीयता

 1934  को ‘हंस’ में प्रकाशित प्रेमचंद का यह लेख...

WAILS OF YAMUNA

On the cruel destruction of the Yamuna flood plain. What...

Gujarat No 1 in Development? Conflicting Indices in GOI Report

Two Separate Indices reveal that in Labour, Infrastructure, Economic...

Facebook Violating Article 19, “Filtering” Content Critical of Sri Sri’s AOL: Activist

Roshan Shah, an  Ahmedabad-based activist has, in a communication...

Ray of Hope for Pakistan: The return of Shahbaz, Salman Taseer’s Son

Image:AFPVery happy to be able to write about some good...

ISIS extremists kill Syrian poet, son on charges of apostasy

The poet and his son: Photo courtesy ABNAThe Islamic...

Police threatens Soni Sori family, takes them to undisclosed Location: Lawyers

Soni Sori’s lawyers have outlined the allegedly illegal and...

European nationalism, khaki shorts

First published on: October 1, 2003 The RSS that wants...

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