Tag: Rights and Freedoms

Ninety Seven Years Ago, one of the bloodiest actions of British Rule was the calculated massacre of close to 2,000 innocent Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims at the Jallianwala Bagh. The firing was ordered by an officer of the British colonial power, General Dyer. While the official figure for lives lost was 1,526 the actual figure was reportedly much higher

In a decisive 133 page judgement the apex court lifted the ban that had been suddenly imposed on January 31, 2023 brushing aside “national security concerns@ cited by the union government and upheld by the Kerala High Court

(This piece authored by Fr Stan Swamy was originally...

The bogus arguments and "proofs" on the basis of which the better half of God’s finest creation is kept under subjugation and servility is both shameful and sinful

The Quran teaches us a radically egalitarian view of the equal worth and dignity of women that remains unparalleled, even in modern thought

Over 400 groups of artists, workers, activists and individuals from different backgrounds come together to form a single united front for voices of dissent.

Ustad Bismillah Khan, 1916–2006. In the Ustad’s shehnai lies the note of reason

First published on: 02 Oct 2016“By Ram Rajya I do...

First Published on: January 18, 2016Rohith (right) carrying a...

First published on January 16, 2016Image: Salim Shaikh   Jamalpur ke...