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Bidar, Karnataka: Two school teachers assaulted in Karnataka’s Bidar, triggering communal tensions

Two accused, unnamed by the police attacked two Muslim teachers at Basavakalyan in Karnataka’s Bidar district leading to widespread protests by the community

Where every human rights activist is labelled a Maoist: Chhatisgarh

Is the Government really winning the war against Maoists...

Afzal Guru’s execution has made him a martyr

The Indian state refuses to accept that there is...

Turkey: Mind numbing violence in a country where even “insulting President” is a crime

Photo: Courtesy Human Rights WatchThe violence unleashed against political...

Between Freedom and Fascism: Speech is really free only when it hurts

Amidst Hindutva’s escalating hysterical-nationalism, raising the question of Kashmir’s...

A Solidarity Poem for JNU from the Incarcerated Community of Philadelphia

A solidarity poem for Kanhaiya and the JNU protestors...

Bangalore Research Network’s Letter of Solidarity with JNU

We, the undersigned members of the Bangalore Research Network...

University of Texas Students and Faculty stand with JNU

We, the undersigned, students, scholars, and faculty of the...

Citizens Committee for the Defense of Democracy on the JNU Situtation

Guest Post by Citizens Committee for the Defense of...

The New School in Solidarity with JNU

We, the undersigned, students, faculty, alumni, and staff at...

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UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge

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No Hearing, No Notice, Just Deletion: How Bengal’s SIR Erased a Decorated IAF Officer

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