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‘My family and I have suffered injustice’: Released Muslim activist Javed Mohammed speaks out

When Javed Mohammed left for the police station on his scooter on the night of 10 June 2022, he never imagined that it would be the last time he...

“Lost all hope of ever living in clean habitat,” say residents of Delhi’s Rangpuri Pahari

Batto sits on her haunches, overlooking the flooded home made out of old worn-out bricks. The 72-year-old, who goes...

Interview: Kashmiri historian Hafsa Kanjwal accuses India of memoricide, repression

Human rights groups and United Nations experts have repeatedly warned against India's crackdown on the civil liberties of...

“Worse human rights violation than murder”: How an aspiring wildlife photographer was tortured to death in Kerala university

The torture to death case of JS Sidharthan, a second year student inside the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University’s men’s hostel has become a center point of news in Kerala. 

I don’t want to die, so I decided to fight: Dr Ritu Singh 

I have decided to fight because I am fully aware of their evil plans. I decided not to surrender to them and fight till justice is served.  I don’t want to die, I want to fight for survival.

Kerala: Muslim activist booked under inciting riot charge for lone protest against Babri demolition

Kerala Police on Monday registered a case against a 62-year-old Muslim activist for singly protesting against the demolition of Babri Masjid during the live telecast of the consecration ceremony...

“At least their lives are saved,” says owner of minitruck attacked by Hindutva mob in Mira Road

Three Muslim men identified as Mohammad Tariq (21), Mohammad Meraj (24) and Deen Ali (27) who were carrying plastic disposables in a mini tempo were among Muslims attacked by...
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Bilkis Bano vs us

The recent decision by the Supreme Court to nullify the Gujarat government’s grant of remission to 11 convicts involved in the egregious crimes against Bilkis Bano marks a significant...

Weeks after PSA quashment, Kashmir journalist Sajad Gul remains in jail

Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul’s Public Safety Act was quashed by the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on 19 November last year. But even after weeks have passed, Gul remains...
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Alienating margins: Study of small-scale leather factory workers in “New India”

Saddam Hussain and Nafis Haider write Karl Marx's Philosophic and Economic Manuscripts of 1844 asserts that under capitalism, the worker is alienated fourfold. Alienation is the process whereby the worker...

Kashmir: Discontent lingers after Supreme Court’s Article 370 ruling

In Kashmir, people feel downhearted after the Supreme Court’s verdict rejected a batch of pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that gave special power...
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Decoding deepfake: Conversation with Anushka Jain on intersection of technology, privacy, and digital frontier

The present century has been witnessing the overflow of digital manipulation through deep generative methods. What you see is not always real, but the growth of deepfakes make unreal...

Understanding India through cricket: Colonialism, casteism and capitalism

In the recent culmination of the One Day International World Cup, media outlets, social platforms, and everyday conversations were ablaze with fervour. Lawrence Quesne, in his book “History of...
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Book review: Popping up the ‘H’ question

If we go through the history of Right-wing propaganda in India, we can find mentions of stories like ‘Is Tajmahal a Shiv Temple?’ by self-declared ‘historians’ like P. N....

In JNU, Muslim student attacked by ABVP, labeled ‘security threat’ by professor, faces pressure to drop out

A PhD student at the prestigious JNU, a Muslim, subjected to a brutal assault by ABVP members and labeled a 'security threat' by his professor, is now compelled to drop out of the university.
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Palestinian student in India anxious as genocide unfolds at home

Azaiza (name changed) opened YouTube on his phone, navigated to the 'favourited videos' in the home bar, clicked on a news video, and showed footage of people moving from...

In West Bank, Palestinian families speak of love, loss, and a long road to healing

Ru’a Rimawi, a Palestinian doctor residing in Beit Rima, a village near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, carries the weight of November with a heart burdened by the...
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