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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...

AICTE recognises ‘Vedic Board’ qualifications allegedly without scrutinising syllabus

Veda Bhushan and Veda Vibhushan to be considered equivalent of class X and XII; students can join any higher or technical education course including medicine and engineering

140 persons embrace Buddhism in Ahmedabad

The function was organised by Gujarat Buddhist Academy and people from districts like Ahmedabad, Panchmahals, Banaskantha, Vadodara etc. attended the same.

Raavan Islamised! Purging the complex Ramayan text evident in attacks by far right on Adipurush

AK Ramanujan’s, Three Hundred Ramayans, extracted from The Collected Essays by the author and published in Communalism Combat in May 2008 (Year 14, No 131) actually told the epic’s spectacular and varied journey through the ages

Kaushambi: Muslims welcome Ram Dal performers and priests

When a traditional procession passed through a Muslim neighbourhood, residents offered participants refreshments

Character certificate for media persons a diktat that is ominous: DUJ

The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) has strongly condemned...

PM Modi’s HP rally: Govt withdraws ‘Character Certificate’ order for journos after outrage

By October 1st, the journalists were requested to submit the certificates "positively." "Their access within the rally or meeting will be decided by this office," the notification said.

Gandhi as “evil” (Mahiasura) is a time-tested narrative for all hues of Hindu communalists

The latest depiction of Mahatma Gandhi as ‘Mahiasura’ at the All India’s Hindu Mahasaha’s puja pandal in Kolkatta is a time-tested narrative of Hindu communalists who, as Teesta Setalvad has writen, regurgitate this narrative portraying Gandhi as different forms of “evil”

Karnataka: Minority PhD Scholars Stare at Bleak Future as Govt Slashes Fellowship Amount

The fellowship scheme has faced hurdles ever since regime change in the southern state.

Hindus, Muslims worship Durga in ‘no man’s land’: Assam

Representation ImageA collective Durga Pooja celebration, across a thin,...

Caste in CBSE Texts, Who is to Blame?

While the CBSE issued a clarification over viral 'casteist' text in Class 6 History textbook, the fact that caste bias surfaces time and again, over decades, in official board texts is a matter of concern

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From Arunachal to Delhi, anti-dam protesters face state crackdown; detained allege sexual assault

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Beyond Appropriation: Vidya Bhushan Rawat’s recovery of Bose’s inclusive nationalism

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After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal

With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance

From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira

Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha

Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival

The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines

Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance

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