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Bloodbath on Baisakhi: The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, April 13, 1919
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
Can MVA Reverse Modi Govt’s Broken Promises to Farmers? | Vijay Jawandhia & Teesta Setalvad
In this compelling video, farmers' leader Vijay Jawandhia from...
Status of Muslims & Christians in Contemporary India- Teesta Setalvad
The Constitution of India enshrines fundamental rights, including equality...
When looks embody the soul: Sitaram Yechury
It took the tragic jolt of Sita’s passing for...
Unmasking the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections: Teesta Setalvad’s Deep Dive
Teesta Setalvad breaks down the 2024 Lok Sabha elections
Lessons from a ‘Democratic Revolt’: Prevent the slide into majoritarianism
Images of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of...
Vote for Democracy (VFD) releases report on the conduct of General Election 2024
The report highlights the alleged malpractices occurred during the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and provides statistical insights into vote hikes and numerical discrepancies in recorded votes
New Criminal Laws: Future risks for democracy and rights in India
At an event jointly organised by various human rights organizations, Teesta Setalvad, Vrinda Grover, and Vijay Hiremath highlighted the draconian provisions being introduced through these new laws and their potential to erode the foundation of India's democracy.
Selective & discriminatory, CAA notification likely to be followed by NPR-NRC
Since the time that the intent of what became the CAA Amendment of 2019 was conceived and found its way into the BJP’s 2014 manifesto, its intent has been divisive and exclusionary; the threats issued time and again by the minister for home affairs that CAA 2019 would follow a “chronology” –All India NPR and NRC—made the intent worse; insecurity and social upheavals will be the result of this cynical diktat
The sound of music
This was an exclusive in depth interview done in 2008, 16 years ago with the indomitable Ameen Sayani who passed on February 20,2024 at the ripe old age of 91. Teesta Setalvad speaks to Ameen Sayani about the 4 decades old journey in politics, music and life with nuggets of India’s freedom struggle in which Sayani’s mother was a close associate of Gandhiji. A product of the New Era school Mumbai, Sayani’s is a tale more precious in the re-telling
Reason, emotion and history
First published on: June 10, 2022(In March 1994, as...