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Polynomial Politics: Imagining India as a Country Led by Lower Castes
This article is a review of the book Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics by Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan, edited by Maël Montévil, published in April 2024.
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“It’s a trap”: Why Bengali Hindus in Assam are opting out of Citizenship through CAA
Forty-three-year-old Montu Das was happy after the Indian government announced the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules on March...
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Kerala: Church justifies screening of Adult film ‘The Kerala Story’ for minors; reignites Islamophobic bogey ‘Love Jihad’
Protests surrounding the Hindutva propaganda movie, 'The Kerala Story', resurfaced after the movie was screened by a church,...
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34 crore blood money: Thousands join fundraiser to save Kerala man from death row in Saudi
Thousands have joined a Mother in Kerala’s Kozhikode in a last bid to save her son from being...
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Analysing dip in Academic Freedom Index: Who takes the deepest plunge?
Dr. Shirin Akhter, Dr. Vijender Singh Chauhan
The recent revelation on the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) shows that academic...
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Northern Kerala: Inadequate seats in higher secondary schools leave thousands in uncertainty
For years, the shortage of seats in 11th grade in government schools and other gateways has hampered the dreams of thousands of students in Northern Kerala, commonly known as Malabar.
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Ineligible for job, higher education; Indian students enrolled in Pakistan upset by UGC notice
Malik Nisar and Mir Aiyaz
It is 11 am in the morning and Sajad, instead of attending conferences, is busy fencing the apple garden on the outskirts of his village....
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Khargone violence: Admin build walls dividing religious settlements
It's been two months since anti-Muslim violence broke in Madhya Prashe's Khargone. The city is still limping back to normalcy after violence broke out on April 10 on Ram...
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Jahangirpuri violence: In absence of men, Muslim women struggle to put food on table
Nargis,20, is anxious about how to feed her eight-month-old infant. The tragedy of losing her first child two years ago haunts her. But her husband is absconding since police...
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“He just continues smiling”: Umar Khalid’s parents
In a recent court hearing, student activist Umar Khalid, who was arrested on September 13, 2020, in a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for allegedly being...
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It is a blatant lie that there is no caste in Kerala: Puzhu writer Harshad
Harshad, a Malayalam scriptwriter, is best known for his two feature films Unda (2019) and Puzhu (2022). Puzhu (meaning worm) is a 2022 Malayalam flick jointly written by Harshad, Sharfu, and Suhas and directed by debutante Ratheena, with actor legend Mammootty as Kuttan, Parvathy Thiruvothu as Bharathi, Appunni Sasi as Kuttappan aka KP and Vasudev Sajeesh as Kichu in the lead roles.
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“You will be killed for being Muslim”: Afreen Fatima’s sister shares ordeal during detention
On the night of June 11, when 19-year-old Sumaiya Fatima told the police that her sister, Afreen Fatima was an activist and a student at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the police changed their tone.
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Indian media gloats as Muslim activist’s house reduces to rubble
The civic authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad razed the house of Muslim activists Javed Muhammed and Afreen Fatima on Sunday; the authorities claimed that it was an unauthorised construction.
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Afreen Fatima says demolition order illegal, demands release of her family
"Most valuable is our home," says Afreen Fatima, who was informed on Saturday night that the civic body of Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj has put a notice on her house,...
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“Govt responsible for the killings,” say families of Mudassir and Sahil in Ranchi
At least two Muslim youth were fatally shot, and over 18 others were seriously injured. The deceased were identified as Mudassir Alam (14) of Islamnagar and Sahil (19) of Christia Nagar on the Mahatma Gandhi Road.
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Fear for life: Pandits want to flee from Kashmir to “safer places”
Malik Nisar and Sajad Hameed
“We wish to stay back in our homeland but the situation is not conducive. Our people are getting killed regularly. We were kept confined to...
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Haemolymph: Movie portrays Muslim teacher crushed by Indian state
An industry which parroted the state narrative of Muslim being the terrorists dared to tell the story of an innocent Muslim teacher Wahid Shaikh who was falsely implicated in 7/11 Mumbai train blast and spent almost nine years in jail to satisfy the ‘collective conscience’ of the state. Haemolymph movie, directed by Sudarshan Gamare, got released in more than 120 theatres across India in its initial phase.
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