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51st Anniversary of Emergency in India: While the RSS supported the Emergency, it now ruthlessly presides over an ‘undeclared Emergency’

The RSS shakha, well documented for its recounting of a manipulated history has, over past decades laid claims to being part of the wider democratic struggle against the Emergency; archival documents from independent sources, civil servants and writers, as also its own archive clearly document otherwise.

Dalit Imagination: An Antidote to Communal Nationalism

Contemporary India is witnessing the appropriation by the Hindu...

Is Ambedkar still an Untouchable in India?

On 16th May 2015, Sagar Shejwal, a young nursing...

The students of AMU say a loud ‘No’ to RSS Shakha in AMU

1925 marks the birth year of the hateful and...

The Spark in Their Words

The Texts Lived by Basava and Kalburgi   Basava, Kalburgi. Neither...

MPs submit petition for Impeachment of CJI Dipak Misra

In an unprecedented move, over 60 Members of Parliament...

Justice Sachar passes away, will always be remembered for compassion and justice

Noted lawyer, human rights activist and former Chief Justice...

Which Way Will CPI (M) Choose to Go, 1977 or 1989?

The year, 2019, like 1989 will be a watershed...

Savarkar’s Sanction to Use Rape as Political Weapon

Sangh Parivar’s silent support to accused in Kathua case...

The Significance of the Colour Blue in the Dalit Movement

Why is the colour blue associated with Dalit movements? Recently, a...

Thus vowed Babasaheb

Having a faced a lifetime of discrimination and seeing...

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