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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...
Elections 2024
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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Kashmir: Hundreds attend funeral of slain SPO, brother
On Monday afternoon, Jana Begum in her fifties is wailing, singing lullabies under an open canopy at her home located alongside a busy railway track in Chattbugh village in...
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Muslims allege Delhi Police stopped Friday prayer in 16 mosques
Friday, 18 March 2022, was an auspicious day for Muslims and Hindus, as the two communities celebrated Juma, Shab-e-Baraat and Holi. However, a group of Muslims who arrived at Lal Gumbad, locally known as the Panchsheel Enclave Purani Masjid, for the weekly congregational prayers were stopped by Delhi Police officials from offering prayers at the mosque.
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Case for affirmative action for Muslims: Are we in workforce?
“A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect” - W. E. B. Du Bois
Since India's independence in 1947, the government has consistently pursued policies designed to...
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“Life without our papa isn’t the same”: Children of Delhi pogrom
"Without our father, everything has changed; it's nothing like it used to be," said Asad.
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Chasing dreams with crutches; Malappuram youth to represent India in Amputee Football
Mohammed Shafeeque Panakkadan, a disabled young man from Kerala's Malappuram, is chasing his dream to be an international footballer.
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Blinded in Delhi pogrom: Shahrukh says “no hope for justice”
Shahrukh, a cloth seller, was dragged out of a moving auto and brutally thrashed by a Hindu mob in northeast Delhi's Shiv Vihar on February 24, 2020, the day Delhi anti-Muslim pogrom erupted.
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Saleem Khan – a father who languishes in jail under UAPA
Saleem Khan will turn 50 on October 2nd, and if his bail appeal is denied, this will be his second birthday in prison.
East India
Anis Khan’s murder: Bengal student leader earlier told police his “life is in danger”
Anis Khan (28), a student leader who was an active of student protests in Aliah University, an autonomous state government university in New Town, West Bengal was thrown off the roof of his house and killed at 1am in Amta, on February 19, Saturday.
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They were afraid that I will demand justice for my son: Mother of CAA protest martyr in UP
"The administration knows that if I win, I will demand justice for my dead son," Akbari Khatoon said to Maktoob.
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146 killings in 5 years: Yogi Adityanath’s ‘encounter squad’
According to the data and several studies, Uttar Pradesh leads the country in custodial deaths and extrajudicial killings. Muslims, Dalits and people from Other Backward Communities were on the receiving end of Yogi's state terror.
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Central India
Underpaid, Overworked; Anganwadi workers await fair treatment
While flipping through pages of the record register, Sangeeta Shrivastava (37), an Anganwadi worker in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh mentions the poor quality of food being distributed in...
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I was born into the movement: Anti-caste activist Sankul Sonawane
18-year-old Sankul Sonawane had no other choice but to fight it out against the casteism he was born into. Sonwane is among the new generation of Dalits who are...
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