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Cuttack plunged into chaos during Durga Puja, dozens injured as procession clashes spiral into violence

A historic city known for centuries of communal harmony faces a 36-hour curfew and internet shutdown after clashes during Durga idol immersion; authorities vow arrests as VHP rally escalates tensions, leaving 31 injured

Why Dalits are turning against the BJP

With Hindutva baring its anti-Dalit fangs, the BJP is...

Reading French literature in a time of terror

  In the past 18 months, France has suffered, of...

Dalit Bahujan Musings: Dilip Mandal

July 22-27, 2016 (Facebook Musings) Forcing Persons Into Manholes is...

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Tracking Radical Islam in Bangladesh

Is the surge in terror cases in Bangladesh due...

Kashmir, Summer 2016: Angana Chatterji

In 2011, I had written an essay on Kashmir...

“Why Should a Military Be Deployed Against Its Own People”: Lalita Ramdas

Wife of ex-Indian Naval Chief, Admiral Ramdas, Lalita,  writes this searching...

Lying about Kashmir with old videos

When channels air old footage to tarnish demonstrators, they...

Women are now Victims of the Cow Taliban: Madhya Pradesh

  Two Muslim women were reportedly beaten up by members...

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Hate Has No Place in Elections: CJP moves State EC against BJP MP Ashwini Choubey’s communal speech

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Hindutva’s Rajasthan Project: Brahmin-Bania Power, not just Muslim baiting

The RSS’ and Hindutva’s strategy in Rajasthan has systematically pushed the dominance of a Brahmin–Bania synergy that shrewdly ensures that while Muslims are scapegoated, Rajputs are historically and politically side-lined and the real beneficiaries are the Brahmin-Bania elites who monopolise both state power and wealth.

When Conservation Becomes Coercion: The silent violence faced by the Tharus of Kheri

Over 4,000 Tharu Adivasis in Lakhimpur Kheri — including a blind man, a chronically ill man, and several elders — have been wrongfully booked. This analysis shows how administrative discretion and recent forest-law amendments are further undermining the protections guaranteed to forest-dwelling communities under the Forest Rights Act, 2006