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Jamnalal Bajaj, The Fifth Son

Every great movement is remembered through its iconic leaders, yet its deepest foundations are often laid by those who choose to surrender privilege in the service of a larger...

Servile service

  A frontal attack on communalism will be ineffective if...

Partisan police

That the Indian police have lost their credibility with...

Rights of ‘majorities’?

The Vajpayee-led government’s argument before the Supreme Court undermines...

Gender and community

The genocide in Gujarat, as well as the earlier...

India Modi-fied

Gujarat offers us clear glimpses of a Hindu fascist...

Tolerant tradition

The Hindu tradition of toleration is showing signs of...

Law and order: Who cares?

District magistrates and superintendents of police must be punished...

Protectors turn predators

If state authorities wantonly let violent mobs target innocents,...

Reforms now!

To curb communal violence the nexus between politicians, criminals...

To Abba, with love…

On May 10, Kaifi Azmi, poet, activist, lyricist, communist,...

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