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August 11, 2026: A decade plus of students challenging a regime that seeks to control thought & ideas
The pushback to the Modi 1.0 regime came within months of it being sworn into office, and it emerged from the student of the Central University, Hyderabad & JNU among others, that had been creations of independent India’s intellectual and organisational fashioning; while Gen Z’s 2026 protests are a breath of fresh air to the battle weary, India’s students in universities have never been silent
Fr. Stan Swamy’s arrest malicious and spiteful: PUCL
The 83-year-old human rights defender was picked up by the NIA from Ranchi in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case yesterday
83 Year-Old Stan Swamy taken in by NIA for questioning, quotes Khalil Jibran at the injustice
A human rights defender and long time resident of Jharkand, Stan Swamy has spoken for the land and livelihood rights of India's Adivasis
Contemporary artists raise key questions about freedom of speech and expression
Artists Poojan Sahil and Vijay Pandey talk about protest culture, current government and dissent in India.
NHRC issues advisories to assess Covid-19 pandemic impact
Deeply worried about the effects of coronavirus in India, the NHRC’s committee recommended advisories to assess the impact of the pandemic and lockdown on marginalised sections.
Rajasthan PUCL defends free speech of local journalists
The people’s organisation demanded that the state stay complaints against two journalists arrested recently on trumped up charges of spreading 'fake news'
Countrywide protest in support of socially backward sections on October 13!
CITU, AIKS and AIAWU call for nationwide strike in light of growing violence against marginalised sections.
Nearly 100 farmers, Yogendra Yadav and Pralhad Singh arrested in Sirsa!
Haryana police arrested agitating agriculture workers for unsanctioned protest at Sirsa-Barnala highway
Right to protest, not an absolute law: SC
The apex court ruling in the Shaheen Bagh case states that public areas cannot be occupied indefinitely
Are Brahmins and Thakurs of Uttar Pradesh above the law now?
Threats were issued on camera, and community meetings called 'Rashtriya Savarn Parishad' or national ‘upper caste’ council also held
Art and activism are complementary endeavours: Bhawana and Smish
Women digital artists talk about the inspiration for their political artwork and discuss how artists can do their bit in expressing dissent.
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