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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.

Cultural Nationalism is Nothing but Rogue Nationalism pitting ‘Us’ against the “Other”

Image Courtesy: rangashankara.orgSadanand Menon de-constructs cultural nationalism, majoritarian and...

Kanhaiya Campaigns Against Discrimination & Majoritarianism, draws Sangh Ire

JNUSU president, Kanhaiya Kumar’s steadfast campaigns on students rights...

From Manu’s Brahminism, to Nietzsche, to Hitler: Dr. BR Ambedkar

First published on: March 28, 2016From left to right:...

पवित्र किताब की छाया में आकार लेता जनतंत्र

Credit: Altaf Qadri, AFP.भारतीय लोकतंत्र: दशा और दिशा को...

UN Makes History on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

Human Rights Body Establishes an Independent ExpertThe United Nations...

Ruling Selfie Culture Touches Bizarre Limits

Rajasthan Women Commission member takes selfie with rape survivor,...

What it’s like to be gay and a Muslim

Belief in the negativity of homosexuality from the perspective...

Army Petitions Supreme Court to Close Kunan Poshpora Rape Case

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Six Victims of the...

आत्मनिर्भरता और शिक्षा के बीच तलाक की तस्वीर

​ भारत के सबसे समृद्ध राज्य केरल में पारिवारिक अदालतों...

5 Divorce Cases Adjudged Every Hour In Kerala

Family courts in the prosperous, southern state of Kerala...

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