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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...

“History can never be used to justify faith”: Romila Thapar

Written by Valay Singh and published by Aleph (2018), Ayodhya:...

Akshaya Patra imposing vegetarian food mono culture on children

The international definition of right to food means right...

How India’s Media Landscape Changed Over Five Years

Today the Supreme Court ordered the immediate release on...

IIT Gandhinagar’s Opaque Admission Norms: Bias Against SC/ST Candidates?

RTI reveals that several seats reserved for dalits and...

A farishta shining the light of education

Syed Feroze Ashraf was a life coach who ran...

SC orders immediate release of journalist Prashant Kanojia

A vacation bench, comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay...

Right to Analyse Gandhi and Appraise Godse

Right to worship is an exclusive fundamental right. It...

Prashant Kanojia’s illegal arrest by UP police is telling of a govt bent on gag orders

Prashant Kanojia, an independent journalist, was arrested by the...

One Hundred Years of Kaifi Azmi

With two poems by Kaifi Azmi  Kaifi Azmi: Poems |...

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