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Politics of Humiliation: Mahua Moitra, mob intimidation and the Calcutta High Court’s warning

The alleged attack on Mahua Moitra came just a day after the Calcutta High Court warned against the growing culture of mob justice, public humiliation and egg pelting in West Bengal

Impunity Punctured (Naroda Patiya Verdict, August 29, 2012)

First Published on: August 29, 2017For criminal minds to...

There Was Nothing Humanitarian About Our Strikes on Syria

We fired 105 missiles on April 14. That’s 10...

Meghalaya Editor attacked with Petrol Bomb

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Prosecution’s Wafer Thin Case allowed Aseemanand to Walk Free

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Savarkar’s Sanction to Use Rape as Political Weapon

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All including Aseemanand acquitted in Mecca Masjid Blast Case

All those accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast...

“Hon’ble Prime Minister, we write to express our shame, anguish, and rage”

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I Sent The Horses Back Home

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