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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.

AMU’s misleading statistics hide discrimination against aspiring women undergraduates

Image: Indian ExpressWhat does one say when a prestigious...

When Love is Brutal: Personal Narrative of a Survivor of Domestic Abuse

llustration by Abro / Dawn.comMy reason for writing this...

Justice for Jisha: Why it’s important to Speak Up and be Counted

“Silence is a Crime when Justice is denied”The headlines...

An Iconic Moment: Radhika Vemula Shares the Pain of Rajeshwari, Jisha’s Mother

One struggling mother with another struggling mother seeking Justice:...

Student Protests Against MHRD and VCs Rage On, Hunger Fasts in JNU and Allahabad Enter 11th and 5th Days

As the Indefinite Hunger Strike, at JNU and Allahabad by Student...

Mother’s Day 2016: What the State Owes Mothers, Parents And Women

  Image Credit: Panos    Today is Mother’s Day. As I sit...

How To Get India’s Women Working? First, Let Them Out Of The House

Rohini Pande, Jennifer Johnson & Eric Dodge, IndiaSpend.comImage: Simon...

PM to Meet Jisha’s Mother in Kerala: Sorry, Delta, There Were No Elections in Rajasthan

Delta Meghwal (left); Jisha (right)   Barely 38 days ago, on March...

Jisha’s Death Sparks Countrywide Protests

  The brutal violence meted out to Jisha, a 30...

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From Assam's alleged pushbacks to West Bengal's detention centres, India's expanding deportation drive is reshaping the lives of thousands while testing the limits of citizenship, legality and constitutional protections

ASI, Gujarat: Will Bharuch’s 700 year old Jama Masjid be the next target of right-wing saffron grab and terror?

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Assam Becomes Third State to Adopt UCC: Reform for Gender Justice or Communal Politics?

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No Crime, No Predicate Offence, No ED Case: Delhi High Court quashes proceedings against NewsClick

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The system that keeps failing

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UAPA: Delhi HC grants Bail to Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez after close to 5 years in alleged terror funding case

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Sleeping Under an Open Sky on No-Man’s Land: Two Children, Ten Lives, and the Machinery of Exclusion

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