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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...

As A Genetic Revolution Collapses, Vidarbha’s Cotton Farmers Dread Coming Season

Akola (Maharashtra): With the onset of a steady monsoon,...

Over 1 lakh rape cases reported between 2014-16 in India

Rijiju said in Rajya Sabha that 38,947 cases of...

Muslims must re-think the rigid frame-work for unequal gender roles in the family: Musawah

An important paper, Who provides? Who cares? Changing dynamics...

Malayalam writer withdraws book over death threats

Hareesh has won the 2018 Kerala Sahitya Akademy award...

Police repression surrounds dedication of People’s Inquest Report on Tuticorin Massacre

Henri Tiphagne, Executive Director of People’s Watch India, traveled...

Supreme Court says no “complete ban” on protests at Jantar Mantar 

Image Courtesy: Scroll.inThe Supreme Court, on Monday, July 24, 2018,...

Yet another man lynched in Alwar, Rajasthan

Just days after the landmark judgment of the Supreme...

Extortion not Cow Smuggling behind Akbar Khan’s murder: Alwar

Akbar Khan who was lynched by alleged “Gaurakshaks” in...

How the Church needs to change the way it addresses Sexual and Gender-based abuse

Christian churches belonging to different denominations are facing a...

Caste-igated: How Indians use casteist slurs to dehumanise each other

When Mahatma gave up expensive clothes in favour of...

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