Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
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
Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women
Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in...
WeSpeakOut ‘extremely disappointed with Michigan court verdict in FMG case
WeSpeakOut is extremely disappointed that a judge in Michigan...
NRC Authority relaxes stand on Claims process document demands after CJP exposes plight of women and children
CJP Team -
On November 21, CJP Secretary Teesta Setalvad and our...
Blasphemy Laws: Militant Islamists Define A Fanatic Strain within Islam
Sabrang -
The agony of Asia Bibi, a 54-year-old Roman Catholic...
Pakistani feminist Urdu poet and writer Fahmida Riaz passes away
Noted Pakistani feminist writer and poet Fahmida Riaz died...
Gender equality in Europe ‘advancing at snail’s pace’
Women's rights debates take centre stage at this year's...
Survivors of sexual violence in South Africa are finally finding their voices
The story of Cheryl Zondi, the brave young woman...
Women journalists launch the #MeToo campaign in Bangladesh
Sabrang -
A slew of allegations made through social media have...
Dharmapuri rape: Adivasi girl dies of injuries but police arrests activists for raising the issue
A week ago, the rape and the subsequent death...
MeToo India: A Small Step For A Long Way Ahead
While sifting through my Instagram feeds, I accidently stumbled...
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Rights
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
India
Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA
India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.
India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims
India
SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?
Rule of Law
2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish
Rights
Jamia’s Answer to Student Protest: Online exams, hostel closures and police detentions
As the hunger strike enters its third week, students allege that the administration is using disciplinary action and restrictions on campus life to weaken a movement demanding elected representation
India
Assam NRC: Seven years after 19 lakh people were excluded, rejection slips remain a non-starter
Separate Supreme Court proceedings concern the failure to issue rejection slips to nearly 19.07 lakh excluded people and identity cards to more than 3.11 crore people included in the final register
