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This Regime Is Anti-Fun; Humour Can Strip Its Legitimacy | Saurav Das | Teesta Setalvad

What happens when young people refuse to simply watch?Teesta Setalvad speaks with Saurav Das about youth activism, intergenerational solidarity, “School Thik Karo”, social audits of government schools, police accountability...

Recycle, reuse and issue non-apologies when caught: Fake news toolkit?

Leading Indian news channels have been called out for peddling fake news about Afghanistan for days now

Vigil held in memory of Gauri Lankesh in Canada  

Members of the South Asian community came together to remember the slain Indian journalist at Surrey’s Holland Park on Sunday, September 5

Our Gauri: A Tribute to Gauri Lankesh

First Published on: 27 Jan 2018Fearless journalist Gauri Lankesh was...

Teesta Talks: Gauri Lankesh, Living for Justice

Today, as we remember, mourn and celebrate a life lived to the fullest -- with grace, commitment, fun and zeal. That is Gauri Lankesh.A life that stood first and foremost against the politics of hate, violence and majoritarianism. Grace and Civility that was Gauri and most of all: A Courage and Forthrightness versus acts of Violent Cowardice and downright Slander

Is Indian education being tainted by communal politics?

The last three months recorded many controversies in Indian education that hint at the sectarian attitude of college administration.

OC has violated the democratic process of syllabus-making: DU teachers

In response to the Delhi University’s press release notifying syllabus change, English teachers published a detailed response to the DU Registrar

Visva Bharti college row: Calcutta HC orders no protests within 50 metres of campus

University students have been protesting the decision to expel three students on disciplinary grounds

Myanmar refugee children can now go to school in Mizoram

The north-eastern state permitted admission to school for the children on humanitarian grounds

DU should apologise to Bama, Sukirtharani and Mahesweta Devi: Dalit Intellectual Collective

The Collective says the exlusion of these women writers once again highlights the bigoted attitude in higher education

Maharashtra: Is setting up medical institutes under public-private partnership a good route?

The government has decided to set up new medical colleges, super-speciality hospitals across the state on a public-private partnership basis

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