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How the Supreme Court built a binding legal framework to protect student mental heath
In a case where the father of a NEET aspirant sought fair investigation into the suspicious death of his daughter, the SC in a pivotal July 2025 ruling, apart from intervening on that question went further: in establishing a comprehensive, binding legal framework to protect student mental health across India. An analysis of the Supreme Court judgment in Sukdeb Saha v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
Muslim Education in Uttar Pradesh: Pathways to Inclusion and Reform
A limited community imagination and an absence of political will together have pushed a community, UP’s Muslims, once a leader in social, political and cultural life of the region, to marginalisation; the author examines solutions
NCERT’s ‘Partition Horrors’: A brazen exercise in white-washing the ‘crimes’ of the Hindu Mahasabha & RSS
In this detailed essay, exposing the five falsehoods behind the NCERT’s recent module on Partition, the author, a historian and writer in fact exposes the axis of the far right, Hindu and Muslim, Hindu Mahasabha, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Jinnah, and the collusion with the British that got India Partitioned
Rewriting NCERT school textbooks: ‘Muslim Raj’ is a mere excuse, the project is to conceal historical facts
The majoritarian Hindutva (not Hindu) project is to conceal the truth, Muslim bashing merely comes in handy
Distortions in the syllabus of history books, an uncomfortable perspective
The normalisation of an everyday majoritarianism, Neo-Hindutva, has been facilitated by the silence of the Muslim liberal; an urgent challenge is being able to move out of the confines to reaffirm wider processes of secularization as a counter
The Culture of Impunity at SAU, the University That Expelled Me
It felt good to freely roam the institution that...
Institutional Murder in Odisha: A Student sets herself on fire to be heard
After months of ignored complaints and threats, a 20-year-old woman self-immolates in front of her principal’s office—an act of final protest against sexual harassment and institutional apathy
Funds Withheld, Futures on Hold: Dalit, OBC, Minority students face scholarship crisis amidst delays and cuts
A sudden funding freeze leaves dozens of marginalised students in limbo, exposing deepening cracks in the government’s commitment to educational justice
Whither SCOPE? Twelve years on, Gujarat’s official English remains frozen in time
While writing my previous blog on how and why...
Bombay High Court stays SC/ST/OBC reservations in minority-run junior colleges for FYJC admissions
Bench grants interim stay as it find substance in petitioner’s arguments against State’s move to impose SC/ST/OBC quotas on open seats in minority colleges
Bowing to outrage, Delhi University V-C says that Manusmriti removed from curriculum, won’t teach in future
That the announcement of inclusion of the Manusmriti was withdrawn days after it was first proclaimed, illustrates the impact of the protests against its inclusion: Earlier, the objective of the course stated that “ancient Indian society, in terms of whole and its parts, has been depicted in the texts compiled in Sanskrit known as Dharmashastra.”
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Vande Mataram: How the recent discussions in Parliament around the national song initiated by the ruling regime stem from motives that are questionable
Retired Judge of the Madras High Court, K Chandru writes: the enforced debate in Parliament by the RSS-driven National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seeks to create a controversy over Vande Mataram raising concerns over the intentions of the present government; ‘A non-issue is being much importance and publicity’ he says
Minorities
Allahabad HC slams overzealous police action, says distributing Bibles or preaching Christianity is not an offence under UP conversion law
Bench flags suspicious FIR, delayed ‘victim’ statements, and questions complainant’s conduct in alleged conversion case
India
Baba Adhav is no more; his Life and Work remain an inspiration for those working for Justice and Equality
Baba Adhav’s unique work was encompassed in an approach that saw dismantling of the shackles of caste, hierarchy and discrimination through meticulous and inspired organisation of the invisibilised unorganised workforce –hamals (head-loaders), rag-pickers and domestic workers—towards a combination of improved living conditions, working conditions and social conditions, a sense of dignity and pride in their work
India
Beware of Aadhaar: A warning on India’s biometric identity model on International Human Rights Day
On the eve of International Human Rights Day, 50 +, several organisations and individuals have launched a “Beware of Aadhaar” Campaign: The signatories have flagged the issue that Aadhaar is “not a model to emulate but it raises serious concerns about surveillance, exclusion and rights violations on the ground. This statement, “Beware of Aadhar” offers a concise critique of India’s digital ID experiment and why exporting it is dangerous
Communalism
The Taj Story & Resurgence of a Myth, the ideological engineering of a Brahmanical narrative of pseudo-history
Tejo Mahalay & Mina Bazar: P. N. Oak’s Pseudohistory demeaning both Muslims & Rajputs, is both Communal and Casteist; P. N. Oak’s legacy is not one of historical revision but of ideological engineering. His “Tejo Mahalay” myth and “Mina Bazar” fantasy are not just anti-Muslim—they are anti-Rajput and fundamentally Brahminical
Rule of Law
Gujarat High Court calls out “routine emergency”, strikes down years of Section 144 orders, demands transparency in all future restrictions
In its ruling, the Court holds that Ahmedabad Police normalised extraordinary powers, suppressed peaceful dissent, and failed to inform the public — directing that all future prohibitory orders must be published across social media and modern communication platforms
India
The Tamil Nadu Challenge: The Self-Respect Movement and Periyar E.V. Ramasami
Of late, in Tamil Nadu, the Communists and the Self Respecters (members of the DK) who have until now been viewing each other with disdain until two decades ago, have, through the re-discovery of Periyar by the former realised the value of a political reaffirmation of the fundamentals of the Self-Respect Movement. This is crucial in the state given the current context of the brutal march of ‘Hindutva Hegemons’. Both movements now face a historical challenge, in theory and practice, to be able to convincingly – and through action - club the anti-caste struggle with the class struggle