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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...

Give Peace A Chance!

In a powerful speech to world leaders on September...

Flooded by patriotism

Tagging two of his friends, Mizanur Rehman, a young...

Triple Talaq Judgement: Gender, ‘Othering’ and a Medieval Paradigm

Psychoanalysis has always been a bit harsh, if not...

Judicial Commission’s clean chit to MP police in Bhopal SIMI ‘encounter’ case

According to this report, the document prepared by the...

Child Rights at India’s Third Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council

Government of India’s Response  A total of 73 recommendations were...

Conflicts Across India As States Create Land Banks For Private Investors

In June this year, about a hundred people from...

Global hunger on the rise again: New UN report

Photo credit: InsightsAfter steadily declining for over a decade,...

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