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Gandhi and Tagore: Reverence, Argument and Intellectual Courage

The CJP protests at Jantar Mantar have brought back echoes of the Gandhian tradition of sustained people oriented struggles. Beyond the speeches and slogans, they have revealed how enduring...

No More Rohiths, Protest Roopanwal Report: Radhika Amma

Today, another protest in Hyderabad. Justice for Rohith Vemula....

Biased Inquiry Against Nivedita Menon by JNU Admin Questioned

 Senior activists, academics and public intellectuals have questioned the...

A Former PHD Student, a Dalit Dies in JNU: Administration Unconcerned

Ghanshyam DasGhanshyam Das, a Dalit and a former Research...

Media today is disconnected with 75% of the population

The harrowing issues of 75% of the population rarely...

It was Bangla Mata, not Bharat Mata in Bankim Chandra’s Original: Netaji Grand Nephew

In actual fact, Bankim's Vande Mataram originally referred to...

DD blacks out Tripura CM:After Demonitisation Comes De-independence?

On this Independence Day, the ModiGovernment has yet again...

Panel to Probe Rohith Vemula’s Death: A Cynical Denial of Caste Discrimination

There is an anonymous poem called “Mr. Nobody” which...

A Life Without Biryani, History Texts Without Mughuls : India 2017

The Maharashtra government has revised its history textbooks for...

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