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Maharashtra’s schools are struggling to survive as students protest, infrastructure crumbles and Marathi-medium institutions disappear

From Adivasi students on hunger strike to Class 10 students demanding teachers, government schools without electricity and internet, and hundreds of schools facing the loss of grant-in-aid, Maharashtra’s education crisis is increasingly visible on the streets

Keep Out of Our Religious Affairs, Lingayats Tell RSS: Karnataka

The Lingayat community in Karnataka is politically influential and...

Why Should Dalit Christians not get Reservations as Scheduled Castes, Notice to Centre: SC

The plea has sought inclusion of Dalit Christians in...

Flood Toll on Roads Alone Pegged at Rs 1000cr: Bihar

According to state government figures, floodwaters have inflicted damage...

While Ramayana Path Underway at UP temple, Dalits told to stay away

While Dalits may be good for the votes they...

A Former PHD Student, a Dalit Dies in JNU: Administration Unconcerned

Ghanshyam DasGhanshyam Das, a Dalit and a former Research...

What India Needs is More Gender Just Laws, Including Personal Laws, for Its Women

First Published on: June 12, 2017Leveraging Our Laws: A...

Dignify our Work, Recognise us as Workers: ASHA workers tell Govt

Several thousand rural health workers--known as  ASHA (Accredited Social...

Karnataka’s Opposition to Right-Wing Hindu Fundamentalism

Report from the Dakshinayan meeting in KarnatakaThe urban middle-class,...

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Maharashtra’s schools are struggling to survive as students protest, infrastructure crumbles and Marathi-medium institutions disappear

From Adivasi students on hunger strike to Class 10 students demanding teachers, government schools without electricity and internet, and hundreds of schools facing the loss of grant-in-aid, Maharashtra’s education crisis is increasingly visible on the streets

The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Six-year-old detained during Patna teacher aspirants’ protest, parents allege police assault

Patna Police say the child was ‘rescued’ from a potentially dangerous crowd, while his parents allege that the family was taken to a police station, where they were assaulted and kept for nearly seven hours

The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun

The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.

112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions