Wednesday, April 24, 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 11.  The CAA grants fast-track citizenship to migrants in India from six...

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,...

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...

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...

Election 2024: Samajwadi Party’s internal chaos might open a window for AIMIM in UP’s Meerut

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a joint rally alongside the NDA's new partner, Jayant Chaudhary’s...

Kashmiri students at DB University share ordeal of their struggle for justice

A sit-in protest outside Punjab's Desh Bhagat University was called off after receiving assurance from the government of Punjab to take action against the management, accused of cheating dozens...

“Because I am a Dalit”: A teacher’s battle against caste bias

Dr Ritu Singh, who holds a doctoral degree in Psychology from Delhi University, was an ad-hoc teacher at Daulat Ram College before she was ‘terminated without any notice’. "Because...
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Kashmir: Activist spends 14 days in jail for comments against BJP leader

A socio-political activist from Kashmir, Waqar H. Bhatti, has been released on interim bail after spending 14 days in jail arrested over a complaint filed by a BJP leader...

10 years since ban on manual scavenging: What has changed for sanitation workers in Mumbai?

Every year, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informally employs workers through contractors to clean rivers, gutters, stormwater, and drains, as per the organisation’s findings. The workers are from Dalit, Tribal, Buddha, Muslim communities, and Vimukta Jatis.
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Alarming surge in student suicides: NCRB reveals 70% increase over past decade in India

On September 10th, as the world observed World Suicide Prevention Day, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) unveiled a concerning trend in India: over the past decade, student suicides have surged by a shocking 70 percent.

“Breadwinner, expectant father,” Kin mourns for Muslim man killed in Satara violence

Nurul Hasan Liyaqat Shikalgar, killed in an anti-Muslim violence that broke out in Puseswali Village of Maharashtra’s Satara District on 10 September, was the only child of his parents...
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My home is in containment zone as Nipah virus returns to Kerala

It was a relief to know that my grandfather skipped the funeral of Mohammed Ali, considered the index case of the new Nipah outbreak in Kerala's Kozhikode district. It...

Anti-CAA activist Shadab Ahmad, jailed under UAPA, diagnosed with abdominal tuberculosis

Anti-Citizen Amendment Act activist Shadab Ahmad, incarcerated for over three years in cases related to the 2020 Delhi pogrom, has reportedly developed abdominal tuberculosis. Ahmad is a BCA graduate...
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Delhi as a site of aesthetic governmentality and its invisible citizenship

Nafis Haider and Firdaus Raza It is not a new practice to hide away what we perceive as bad and ugly when any guest arrives. It is not something we...

Dear G20 guests, behind green sheets lies India’s poverty, we choose to keep it unseen

The irony couldn't be starker: a nation aspiring to stand tall on the world stage is choosing to hide its poverty and inequality instead of addressing them head-on.
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How many lives did 2013 Muzaffarnagar violence claim?

In August 2013, deadly communal violence broke out in Western Uttar Pradesh killing dozens of people, overwhelmingly Muslims. Officially, the killing spree that went on for weeks took 64...

(Re)visiting the origins of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act

In his essay “Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty,” the German political theorist Carl Schmitt elaborates on the concept of a 'sovereign' as the supreme authority...
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