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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

Raid as political vendetta?

  The Central government’s defence of the Tuesday morning (December...

Thanks but no thanks: Leading activist declines state honour

  Jagmati, general secretary, AIDWA writes to Maneka Gandhi protesting government’s anti-people...

Homeless and Cold

Demolitions violated the law, the Shakur Basti DemolitionImage Courtesy:...

संघ के गले का फंदा बन जाएंगे आंबेडकर

ब्राह्मणवाद और आंबेडकरवाद भारतीय चिंतन परंपरा के दो अलग...

Intellectualism in Peril

Writers stage a demonstration against increasing intolerance, New Delhi,...

How the Right and the Left Are Getting San Bernardino Wrong

Image Courtesy: businessinsider.in   14 people are dead. 21 are injured.A...

Where is the news? Peaceful students protest faces police brutality in Delhi

If it bleeds, it doesn’t lead! For those of us...

Lal Salaam Comrade Vidrohi!

  Tears, laughter, poetry, music – this was how his...

Education is for All, keep out WTO-GATS

Hundreds of students, teachers and educational rights activists from...

Ahmadis under fresh attack, Pakistan

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