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Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker

It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.

Report: 21 women raped on public transportation in 13 months in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers' welfare platform, published...

You value a rape at Rs 6,500? ‘Shocked’ SC slams MP govt.

The apex court on Thursday said it was “shocking”...

An Unusual Funeral in Pakistan

Asma Jahangir, the doyen of human rights and women’s...

Asma Jahangir: In death, as in life

Photo credit: Geo TVAs I walked into the stadium...

What it means to be a Muslim male feminist

Feminism is quite a loaded term in Muslim societies....

Women Delegates Write to Law Ministry on the Bill of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2017

  Press ReleaseA delegation comprising of P.K Sreemathi (M.P Loksabha),  Sudha Sundararaman    (Vice-President)...

Women speak out on sexual harassment during Hajj

'I was afraid to share this because it might...

#JusticeForAnkitSaxena: Shehla Rashid’s, ‘Question to my Muslim friends’

Would you peacefully allow your sister/daughter to marry a...

The Qur’an Puts No Bar Against a Woman Imam from Leading Mixed Gender Prayer

(Co-author (Jointly with Ashfaque Ullah Syed, Essential Message of...

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When History substitutes Governance: Hindutva’s Politics of Manufacturing Pasts

Inventing kings, rebranding dynasties, and fabricating history to mask policy failure and engineer caste-communal politics

Fractured Fault lines: Violence, governance gaps, and rising tensions across Odisha

From church vandalism and communal flashpoints to tribal resistance, welfare exclusions, and political impunity—recent developments point to deepening fault lines in Odisha’s social and administrative landscape

“Inside the SIR”: Booklet flags ‘mechanical disenfranchisement’ in electoral roll revision

CJP–VFD publication combines training manual and ground documentation to question ongoing voter verification exercise

Censorship and the Drumbeats of Hate: Mapping the state of free speech ahead of the 2026 polls

A new report by Free Speech Collective traces five years of censorship, criminalisation of dissent, and the rise of hate-driven political discourse across Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry—raising urgent questions about the conditions for free and fair elections

AERO dies by suicide in Kolkata, family alleges extreme election duty pressure and humiliation

A 48-year-old Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) died by suicide in South Kolkata’s Bansdroni area after consuming pesticide, the tragic death of Malabika Roy Bhattacharyya has sparked serious concerns regarding the immense pressure placed on government officials tasked with SIR/Election duties, with her family explicitly blaming the ECI for the extreme workload

UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge

Be it the attack on the Gogamedi shrine in the Hanumangarh district of northern Rajasthan or the Neja Mela in the Sambhal district of western Uttar Pradesh, Hindutva’s systemic attack on India’s syncretic traditions, past and present, reveals its rigid and Brahmanical ideological orientation: imposition of a strictly hierarchical, exclusionary and structured notion of faith and practice

No Hearing, No Notice, Just Deletion: How Bengal’s SIR Erased a Decorated IAF Officer

The removal of Wing Commander Md Shamim Akhtar, who served the nation for 17 years, during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) highlights a systemic lack of due process that threatens the voting rights of even the most distinguished citizens