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Women journalists who were attacked prevented from reporting, protest attacks

Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, on-ground reporting by women journalists, invites threats and abuse from the authorities; is it a coincidence that all three states are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?

106th Anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Documents on Jallianwala Bagh massacre and people’s resistance buried at the National Archives

Revolutionary Udham Singh's choice of his alias, name of Mohammad Singh Azad was not a coincidence -- he chose it to underline the cardinal fact that India could be liberated only by a collective and united effort of all Indians

Bloodbath on Baisakhi: The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, April 13, 1919

Ninety Seven Years Ago, one of the bloodiest actions of British Rule was the calculated massacre of close to 2,000 innocent Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims at the Jallianwala Bagh. The firing was ordered by an officer of the British colonial power, General Dyer. While the official figure for lives lost was 1,526 the actual figure was reportedly much higher

Tamas and the Shadow Over Empuraan: A Nation Still Disturbed With Itself

Tamas encountered legal and political challenges in the late 1980s. The government attempted to prevent the series from airing. There was fear it would provoke unrest. Now, if Empuraan disturbed us, it should, for who we are: a culture that justifies and forgets.

Jyotiba Phule’s Trenchant Critique of Caste: Gulamgiri

First Published on: 11 Apr 2016On his 189th Birth...

Two Questions ‘anti-national’, says ABVP UP professor barred for life from setting exam papers

Vigilante justice UP style had a professor, Seema Panwar debarred from examination work for life after the ABVP “objected” to the two questions on RSS, its parent organisation, in a political science paper, at the Chaudhary Charan Singh University reports Omar Rashid for The Wire

From Prison to Uncertainty: After Battling for Bails, Kashmiri Journalists Battle Stigma, Financial Crisis and Isolation

How journalists are being silenced through systemic weaponisation of UAPA and PSA to ensure prolonged detentions, delaying bails and creating a ripple impact of fear and trauma.

Dissent Under Siege: Police action, suspensions, and the shrinking democratic space at TISS

Dalit scholar’s suspension for participating in protest, police detentions, and a court-backed curb on campus activism signal deepening threats to academic freedom and democratic expression in Indian universities

India’s Heartfelt Eid: where flowers & faith bridge divides

India celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr with unity and love, as people from different faiths come together to spread joy and kindness, in sharp contrast to the hate-driven politics that politicians and police displayed in some locales like Varanasi and other parts of UP; from Jaipur to Mumbai, Prayagraj to Indore, heart-warming gestures of communal harmony paint a vibrant picture of the nation's diverse yet cohesive social fabric, showcasing the enduring power of unity and mutual respect for each other

Assam: Journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumdar detained for 12 hours, arrested after covering protest against an alleged recruitment scam involving key BJP leaders

The detention and arrest of senior journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumdar, following his coverage of a protest against alleged financial irregularities in a state-linked bank, highlight the growing misuse of laws to silence independent journalism

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Women journalists who were attacked prevented from reporting, protest attacks

Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, on-ground reporting by women journalists, invites threats and abuse from the authorities; is it a coincidence that all three states are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?

Reporter attacked on DU Campus, DUJ condemns assault

The body of journalists has condemned the attack on a female reporter as also the fact that the police remained ‘mute spectators’

Outside the World, Outside the Page: Why We Are More Receptive to Dalit Suffering than Dalit Anger

The author, a student in Bengaluru, asks why Dalit suffering is more readily received than Dalit anger in literature, cinema and public life. Is it because sorrow allows readers and viewers to remain sympathetic observers, while anger and refusal can challenge that comfortable distance?

Prioritise ecological security of country over “false narrative” of “highway development”: CCG to Govt & Courts

Former bureaucrats protest the “steady lowering of statutory safeguards for protecting India’s Environment and Forests” in an open letter to the government; both government and the judiciary need to prioritise the ecological security of our country and the health and life of its citizens over the false narrative of more roads, more buildings, more townships, more mines, more industries, more destruction of the natural world that is currently seen as progress.

Sit Where We Stand: The segregated back rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces

The absence of dignified break rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces is a visible residue of caste-exclusionary practices that have become normalised. Women who work here—whether in universities or elsewhere—are often left with no option but to rest on bathroom floors.