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Whither SCOPE? Twelve years on, Gujarat’s official English remains frozen in time
While writing my previous blog on how and why Narendra Modi went out of his way to promote English when he was Gujarat chief minister — despite opposition from...
Alumni condemn violence and disruption at Lalit Kala Academy, stand in solidarity with students and faculty
Standing in solidarity with the Head of Dept (HOD), faculty of Lalit Kala Academy Pune, a group of alumni have condemned the disruption and violence by right-wing elements on campus that cause violence and trauma on February 2
The Reign of Unfreedom: IIT-Bombay & the cancellation of the Dr Ganesh Devy lecture
Rabindranath Tagore, the poet and philosopher, dreamed of a decolonised India to be a country where “the mind” would be “without fear” and “knowledge” would be “free”.
Muzaffar Ali and his English language autobiography, Zikr: hope for a beleaguered India?
The author, a History professor at AMU, writes on the discussion that took place at the prestigious university last week, on January 25 and 6, 2024 with young students faced with the divisive politics of today
Ensure fair investigation, protection of dissent & safety of students on FTII campus: Film makers to Pune police
Several groups along with Pune filmmaker and FTII alumnus Umesh Kulkarni and others submitted a letter to the DCP–Special Branch on January 31 requesting unbiased proceedings.
Ganesh Devy’s lecture cancelled: IIT-Bombay
The premier institute had previously cancelled a lecture on Israel-Palestine conflict by Professor Achin Vanaik in November last year as well as a two-day conference on Left politics in 2022.
NIT Calicut suspends Dalit student for poster saying “India not Rama Rajya”
The institute has suspended its fourth year student for a year after the protest held by student groups on January 22 was disrupted by a group of people shouting Jai Sri Ram
Rajasthan: State Education Minister warns of bulldozer action against teachers
BJP’s Madan Dilawar has hit a controversy recently after promising “bulldozer action” for teachers who do not behave appropriately with students
Hindutva enters Mumbai college campuses- Gaushala, Shobha Yatra in IIT B, restriction to freedom of speech at TISS
IIT Bombay to have a ‘Shriram Darbar Shobha Yatra’, a musical event inspired by the Geet Ramayan and the inauguration of a ‘Gaushala’ on the campus
IIT Kanpur: Third incident of suicide in five weeks, a 29-year-old PhD scholar found dead in her dorm room
The unfortunate incident comes after two student suicides on campus- Vikas Kumar Meena was found hanging from a ceiling fan on January 11, Pallavi Chilka on December 19
Rohith’s death: We are all to blame
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Farm and Forest
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India
Fr. Stan Swamy SJ: Person, Pilgrim, Prophet
On the fourth anniversary of his death, July 5, a targeted act of violence called an ‘institutional murder’, Jesuit activist priest, Stan Swamy is remembered in Tamil Nadu, the place of his birth, and Jharkhand the site of his years of toil, for his commitment and integrity; a recall
Communal Organisations
Emergency regime and the role of RSS
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Communalism
“Sambhal: Anatomy of an Engineered Crisis”- How a peaceful Muslim-majority town was turned into a site of manufactured communal conflict
Released six months after the violence, this fact-finding report of the APCR exposes how state agencies, institutions, and communal actors colluded to construct a crisis in Sambhal through illegal mosque surveys, police firing, mass detentions, and myth-driven temple claims; turning religious faith into a weapon and justice into a spectacle
Farm and Forest
MoEFCC subverting the Forest Rights Act, 2006: 150 Citizens groups
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India
Deported in Silence: India’s mass expulsions of alleged Bangladeshis without due process
Since May 7, over 2,000 individuals—mostly Bengali-speaking migrants—have been rounded up and covertly deported under Operation Sindoor, a nationwide crackdown bypassing legal safeguards. But a growing backlash from constitutional courts and state governments—especially West Bengal—has begun to challenge the legality, profiling, and human cost of these shadow deportations.
Gender and Sexuality
A Question of Rights: Supreme Court backs teacher in maternity leave dispute
In a recent judgement where the SC upheld maternity relief to a teacher, for the first child of a second marriage (when she previously had had two children) balanced Tamil Nadu state’s policy on population control with fundamental rights like reproductive rights and child birth that cannot be interpreted in a vacuum