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Is AMU, a Vatican of India’s reactionary Muslim elite?

Continuing an active debate around the dominant politics at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) this former student questions the latent arcane exclusivism that is affecting both quality, representation and diversity within

Iraq drops chapter on evolution from school textbooks

Iraq's education ministry has quietly dropped a chapter about...

No More Rohiths, Protest Roopanwal Report: Radhika Amma

Today, another protest in Hyderabad. Justice for Rohith Vemula....

Biased Inquiry Against Nivedita Menon by JNU Admin Questioned

 Senior activists, academics and public intellectuals have questioned the...

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

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

Panel to Probe Rohith Vemula’s Death: A Cynical Denial of Caste Discrimination

There is an anonymous poem called “Mr. Nobody” which...

Prabhat Patnaik Responds to JNU Admin Threats: You have Crossed All Barriers of Civility

The JNU Registrar’s haughty missive is widely seen as...

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