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Jauhar & the Politics of Distraction: How the Right and so-called liberals often complement each other

The selectiveness of medieval Muslim or medieval Rajput history in contestation is not just deliberate effort to alienate these two communities but is also a Brahmanical viewpoint that refuses to subject Peshwa or Maratha history to a similar brand of selectivity

We must expand our notion of equality to encompass all around us: Teesta Setalvad

This is what IIMB’s website reported on Teesta Setalvad-September,...

Sensational! Modi government’s minister involved in prostitution business, says Swati Maliwal

Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal has made...

With Modi’s Man as VC, BHU is now run like an RSS Shakha

A single ideology is being imposed on all the...

Pink: You tremble with indignation- Nakul Singh Sawhney

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How Sudan Govt Plays the Pornography Card to Silence Women Activists

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Madras High Court Issues Notice to Govt on ‘Kangaroo Courts’ in TN Mosques

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How Justice is Literally ‘Compromised’ in Stalking and Sexual Violence Cases in India

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Books Under Siege: Bengal’s Left bookstalls, the Calcutta High Court’s intervention and the warning from Hitler’s Germany

The bulldozer retreated, and the court offered temporary relief. But who gets to decide which ideas can occupy Bengal’s public spaces?

After 772 Days in Detention, Ajabha Khatun Returns Home: CJP helps secure her release

Ajabha Khatun’s conditional release brings relief to her family, while her pending legal case and her plea for another detainee underline the fight that remains

Calcutta High Court says political dissent must not be stifled, directs police to protect CPI(M) bookstall near Durga Puja Pandal

Justice Saugata Bhattacharya stresses that democracy requires space for competing political ideologies, directing West Bengal Police to ensure the Left party can set up its traditional bookstall amid allegations of preferential treatment for the Hindu Jagran Manch.

Seeking justice for Ankita Bhandari, parents detained in pre-dawn crackdown at India Gate

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