History

From exposing civic failures to confronting political VIPs, the Pune activist built a massive following—now he faces criminal charges after a midnight arrest

On the occasion of Teacher's Day, Abhay Kumar, a teacher, writes about his experience in academics and the declining habit of reading among students

Delhi Police detain the influencer hours after CJP, Nishu Azad, Congress representatives and opposition MPs press for his arrest at Parliament Street; the case began at a CJP and wider student protest at Jantar Mantar

The assault on Pune activist Vidyanand Bapat reveals how a demand for lawful, quieter festivals became entangled with political power, religious identity and intolerance of dissent

Recent rapes, assaults and deaths of women and girls from Kashmir’s Gujjar and Bakarwal communities, repressed in the region’s social order and relegated to servitude raises serious questions of gender and Adivasi (indigenous) persons right to life, dignity and access to equal health care

The recent protest at the Lecture Hall of IIT Delhi where slogans of “Investigation, Compensation, and Resignation”, were raised by the student collective raises the crucial demand for redistributive justice, firstly demanding that the administration to recognise these deaths as the failure of institutions to recognise structural inequities, denials and cruelties.

Shaheen and Nafisa Khan say they were detained while covering a CM event and assaulted at Saket police station