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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...
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SC quashes FIR against journalist Patricia Mukhim over social media post
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Ashoka University and India’s dwindling academic freedom
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Assamese made a compulsory subject for non-Assamese school students
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Mahad Satyagraha: After 94 years, do we have Equality, Dignity & Access?
Ninety-four years ago, to the date, Babasaheb Ambedkar walked to the public water tank/pond – Chavdar tale – with fellow satyagrahis (protesters) and drank water from a common property resource denied to the Dalit Untouchables on March 20, 1927
Delhi court issues notice to Arnab Goswami for PFI ‘sting operation’
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Over 42,000 schools lack drinking water facilities: Centre in RS
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FIR against Rajasthan Textbook Board for claiming Islamic terrorism as a strand of Islam
Objections were raised by the Rajasthan Muslim Forum, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and Muslim Parishad Sansthan
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