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“Urdu Is Not Alien”: Supreme Court reclaims the language’s place in the Indian Constitutional fabric

By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, debunks politicised language divides, and restores dignity to a shared linguistic heritage

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Zulm Tumhara JNU Hamara: Women Bag leadership Positions, JNUSU

“For us women leaders, the win is exhilarating. As...

“We will not put our pens down…” Writers Respond to Threat from Hindu Aikya Vedi

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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...

It was Bangla Mata, not Bharat Mata in Bankim Chandra’s Original: Netaji Grand Nephew

In actual fact, Bankim's Vande Mataram originally referred to...

Music Against Sleaze and Corruption in Goa, Video goes Viral

1967 was a historic moment for Goa. Within five...

We lost another poet. And so young. Feels I’m burying poetry every second day

Vijay Nambisan 1963-2017 Dirge The poets die like flies but I am...

The Syncretic History of Music in India

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