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‘We Cannot Be Afraid’: Rhiya Ahir in Conversation with Teesta Setalvad

What does it mean to stand beside young people when they choose to confront power?In this conversation, activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad speaks with Rhiya Ahir, whose act of...

Student arrested for shouting anti-BJP slogans in TN

Lois had earlier participated in campaigns against the Sterlite...

How the Kashmir conflict is getting personal and putting families at risk

Srinagar: The conflict in Kashmir is on course to...

Anand Teltumbde: On India’s rising authoritarian tide

On 28 August 2018, homes of several civil-rights activists,...

Mentally unstable Indian boy languishing in Pakistan jail

The boy seems to be mentally unstable and not...

Five booked under UAPA for plotting murder of two Hindu leaders in TN

The police claim that one of the arrested people...

‘March to Parliament’: Farm and labour protests to rock Delhi on Sept 5

This unprecedented rally is being held to oppose neoliberal...

Letter to The Hindu

The Hindu published a clip of news about Teltumbde...

Delay in Investigations: What Are the CBI, CID and SIT up to?

On the one hand, the role of SS and...

What is the Elgar Parishad and who Oganised It?

On December 31, 2-17 a fiercely passionate gathering of...

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