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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...

Attacks on Writers and Scholars Continue: Karnataka

This story was published in March 2017 and is...

Adieu Gauri Lankesh, Fearless Fighter and Dear Friend

Gauri Lankesh, journalist, friend, activist, fiery woman and courage...

Rape Trials Continue to be Conducted with Widespread Victim Intimidation: Study

A study by Partners for Law in Development (PLD) of...

They Sang through the Dark Times: Nakul Singh Sawhney’s Latest Documentary Savitri’s Sisters

With Savitri’s Sisters, filmmaker Nakul Singh Sawhney takes the...

Will India’s SC Stop Rohingyas from Being Deported?

Described as arguably the world's most persecuted minority, even...

Fifty Years & Fighting: A Not So Brief History of the Narmada Bachao Struggle

50 years ago, when the Sardar Sarovar Dam was...

Anitha is Killed by Modi’s Homogenizing Obsession

"Poor Anitha is the victim of this neoliberal-hindutva agenda...

NEET: An Exam only for Elites

NEET only favours those students who come from elite...

President Kovind, India’s 2nd Dalit President Won’t Present Teachers Day Awards Today

Newsreports state that, breaking from tradition, it will be...

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