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Emergency regime and the role of RSS

The RSS’ claim that they were the main force of ‘resistance’ during the 15-month period of the Emergency is not borne out by record

On his 135th birth anniversary, let’s recall why Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Said About remains a threat to supremacists of all hues

From his memorable speech at the Rampur Congress as President of the INC to his famous words on sedition —-"Is sedition a name for freedom struggle which is not successful? If that be so, I would fully agree with it"— Maulana Azad represents a threat to communalists of all hues

Diwali has been celebrated by Muslims for centuries

Syncretism of Diwali- How Mughal emperors celebrated Diwali and contemporary Muslims celebrate today

Role of progressives in Telangana land struggle – Part III

As the Communists gained traction in Telangana with Andhra...

Understanding the nuances of the Goa ‘conversion’ and persecution debate

From colonisation, persecution, forced conversion, and the Inquisition, this article from a chapter in a forthcoming book by the authors explores the dynamics of Goa’s early colonial population dispersion  

Were all Muslims previously Hindus?

The RSS claims that Muslims in India were Hindus historically and seem to make a number of insinuations on the minority. CJP busts the claim for you and the inherent messages loaded here via its Hate Buster segment.

Poet-philospher Iqbal was wrong in denouncing Western style democracy and freedom

His romantic view of brutal despotism radicalised Muslim ulema and youth with continuing damaging consequences for the community

RSS ideologues ‘wrong’; Sati wasn’t product of ‘Muslim’ rule, it existed in ancient India too

The biggest ‘Hindu’ organization in the world, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) also functions as an exclusive Gurukul where Hindutva cadres are known to be trained in specialised propaganda against minorities, which often turns into sectarian violence. Not without reason, the most prominent ideologue of the RSS, Guru MS Golwalkar who also was the 2nd supremo of the organization, is considered the “guru of hate”.

Did Muslim Invasions Subjugate Hindu Women?

Those who make these claims never explain why, even today, those in power show no interest in empowered Indian women.

Social Justice remains elusive 33 years after Mandal Movement

Mandal Day celebrations are being held across the country....

A historic discomfort: RSS & Ambedkar’s Constitution

When the country was celebrating its 77th Independence Day,...

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Emergency regime and the role of RSS

The RSS’ claim that they were the main force of ‘resistance’ during the 15-month period of the Emergency is not borne out by record

“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

MoEFCC subverting the Forest Rights Act, 2006: 150 Citizens groups

Over 150 countrywide organisations have in a communication to Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined how the Forest Rights Act, 2006 is being consistently undermined, threatening not just Adivasis but forests and the environment

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.

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

Andhra Pradesh High Court rules Trans woman is a ‘woman’

A recent judgement of the AP High Court, in Viswanathan Krishna Murthy is a significant step forward for the legal recognition of transgender rights in India, in much as it establishes a clear precedent that the protections against domestic cruelty apply to Trans women in heterosexual marriages.

Principles of secret ballot, free will compromised, electronic surveillance a possibility with Voting APP introduced by the ECI: Expert

Veteran in computer science and architecture of unique software, Madhav Deshpande seriously questions the Voting APP introduced by the Bihar State Election Commission for local body polls; He alerts Indians to the possibility of electronic surveillance, the constitutional principles of free will and secret ballot being violated in the manner in which the constructed software is being stored

Ajith Kumar’s custodial death exposes Tamil Nadu’s unbroken chain of police impunity

In the temple town of Madappuram, Sivagangai district, 27-year-old B. Ajith Kumar, a contractual security guard at the Badrakaliamman temple, was allegedly tortured to death by police officials on June 28, 2025, after being picked up in connection with a missing gold complaint. The case has sparked public outrage, judicial scrutiny, and brought back uncomfortable memories of the Jeyaraj-Bennix custodial deaths of 2020 in Sathankulam