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UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge
Be it the attack on the Gogamedi shrine in the Hanumangarh district of northern Rajasthan or the Neja Mela in the Sambhal district of western Uttar Pradesh, Hindutva’s systemic attack on India’s syncretic traditions, past and present, reveals its rigid and Brahmanical ideological orientation: imposition of a strictly hierarchical, exclusionary and structured notion of faith and practice
Ganesh Devy’s lecture cancelled: IIT-Bombay
The premier institute had previously cancelled a lecture on Israel-Palestine conflict by Professor Achin Vanaik in November last year as well as a two-day conference on Left politics in 2022.
2023 Amendment to Broadcasting Rules are clear case of censorship nothing less: Justice GS Patel, Bombay HC
In a 148 page judgement that categorically struck down...
NIT Calicut suspends Dalit student for poster saying “India not Rama Rajya”
The institute has suspended its fourth year student for a year after the protest held by student groups on January 22 was disrupted by a group of people shouting Jai Sri Ram
India tops list of countries at risk due to misinformation: what does this mean for India’s democracy?
As India grows as a developing power, misinformation and its tendency to lead to violence is an ongoing concern
Gateway to Censorship: caution and concern over the proposed Broadcasting Bill, 2023
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The National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ), the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) and the Andhra Pradesh Working Journalists Federation (APWJF) join the Network of Women in Media India, (NWMI) and the Editors Guild of India and others, in expressing their grave reservations against the proposed Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill 2023.
Judges differ on challenge against IT amendments of 2023, right to freedom of speech & expression hangs in balance
Bombay HC's Chief Justice will now place matter before a third bench within 10 days as Justice Patel rules in favour of the petitioner and scraps the amendments while Justice Gokhale upholds the amendments
The “Internal Orientalism” of Indian Media
The Indian media continue to spread Islamophobic discourse and misrepresent Muslims. To create religious animosity and demonize the minority Muslims, the mainstream media have again resorted to publishing fake news. This is a key finding of Boom Live analysis for the year 2023.
Courts and the Gandhi murder case: What happened on January 30 and who was behind it?
75 years have passed since the assassination of Gandhi - CJP analyses the historical judgements by the trial courts and high courts in the murder of the father of the nation
Rajasthan: State Education Minister warns of bulldozer action against teachers
BJP’s Madan Dilawar has hit a controversy recently after promising “bulldozer action” for teachers who do not behave appropriately with students
76th Anniversary of Gandhiji’s Martyrdom: Killers identified by Sardar Patel, then Home Minister of India
This remembrance is a compilation, in chronological order of all the communications of Sardar Patel's home ministry, his letters to Nehru, Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Golwalkar on Gandhiji's murder. Tomorrow is January 30, the 76th anniversary of the assassination, the first act of terror in independent India
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