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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.

Police Force sans Diversity: Poor rep of SCs, STs, Women, OBCs, Muslims Invisibilized

The representation of Muslims not analysed because of absence...

New POCSO Act retains clause “sexual assault on child in course of communal and sectarian violence”

Hate crimes against marginalised communities have seen a steady...

Chief Minister or “Cheap” Minister? Haryana CM is a disgrace

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar looks like a “tau”...

Misogyny at its peak: Haryana CM Khattar on Kashmiri Girls

Now its BJP’s Haryana CM Khattar who stokes controversy with...

Selective Silence & Outrage: The Unnao Story

The stand taken by the Supreme Court of India...

Triple Talaq Bill: Shame on the personal law board

It is high time to ask an inconvenient question:...

SC transfers Unnao case to Delhi, orders CBI to complete probe in 7 days

The Supreme Court has transferred four trials in connection...

Women’s organisations extend support to JNU Asst Prof Rosina Nasir

A week after the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association...

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