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42nd Anniversary of 1984 Sikh genocide: Amnesia of the Indian state and society

For almost last 3 decades now, on every anniversary of the 1984 genocide of Sikhs in India, this author has been reminding the Nation how Indian State and judiciary...

You must stop the name of Ram from being defiled: 49 celebs write to PM

49 artists, intellectual and civil society members have written...

My friend, Firoz Ashraf

In the late evening of June 8, 2019, Firoz...

Odisha Government ensures the inclusion of eggs in Mid Day Meal

It was barely a little after nine on a...

Faiz’s poems reverberate contemporary pathos: Turbulent and marked with historical changes

Faiz Ahmed Faiz – the poet, teacher, editor, freedom-fighter,...

Raja Dhale: A Giant Has Gone

A giant has gone. I had met him several...

MP KK Ragesh presents shocking figures about public funded universities of India, in Parliament

While discussing the The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2019...

Support for protesting TISS Hyd students grows, social media campaign builds up

Students demand revocation of TISS admin’s Sine die order...

RSS in Textbooks: Contrasting Concepts of ‘Nation’ and ‘Nation Building’

Sant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University changes ‘Rise of Communalism...

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