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As mining lobby “hijacks” Ajmer public hearing, “tokenism” on Aravallis condemned

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan has raised serious questions on the tokenisms behind the recent public hearings on the Aravallis, and condemned the “hijacking” of the process by the “mining lobby”

NY’s Public Theater cancels Palestinian production, ‘The Siege,’ it agreed to stage in May

  Courtesy: http://mondoweiss.net/2016/02/nys-public-theater-cancels-palestinian-production-the-siege-it-was-to-stage-for-may/This is tragic news. The Public Theater is...

A Stormy Relationship: Manto and the Progressives

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The Criticality of the Right to Dissent

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Slaves shall be henceforward and forever free

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Islam guarantees rights but where are the women theologians?

  Rights and freedom of women have always been a...

Stop the deification and appropriation of Babasaheb: Dalit youth to the Sangh Parivar

On January 22, 2016, graduate students of the Babasaheb...

Whither Freedom: The Chhatisgarh attack on journalists

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I​n unity lies the answer to the Hindu nationalist agenda

    What the remarkable success of the Grand Alliance in...

NWMI condemns the attack on Malini Subramaniam

First published on: January 8, 2016Image: Malini SubramaniamWe, members...

Bohra Clergy Bows to Australian SC, cries halt to FMG

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As mining lobby “hijacks” Ajmer public hearing, “tokenism” on Aravallis condemned

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan has raised serious questions on the tokenisms behind the recent public hearings on the Aravallis, and condemned the “hijacking” of the process by the “mining lobby”

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Piyush Mishra, Jharkhand and the Blind Spot of Progressive Men

Raising troubling questions about personal choices and contradictions, the author, both a professional and political activist, queries the active presence of the person at the Jharkand protests and his token support for the Jantar Mantar students uprising that saw brute police actions