India
Video | Sanjiv Bhatt’s daughter Aakashi Bhatt on 20th anniversary of Gujarat genocide
Sanjiv Bhatt's daughter Aakashi Bhatt on 20th anniversary of Gujarat genocide
India
We never asked for job, give us subsidies: Weavers of Banaras tell politicians
Over two million people in Banaras depend on its famous textile industry that has been hit by the policy shift by Yogi's Hindu nationalist government. Many believe that BJP is overlooking the crisis in Banaras to build Surat the capital of the textile industry.
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India
We will not let it become another Babri: Caretaker of Gyanvapi Masjid
SM Yasin, caretaker of the Gyanvapi Masjid, fights 22 cases to protect the centuries-old mosque, a target of Hindu nationalist groups after Babri.
India
Video | N Ram on MediaOne TV ban and India’s depleted press freedom
Speaking at the press conference called by MediaOne TV in February in national capital Delhi, The Hindu chairman Ram criticised the use of "sealed cover jurisprudence."
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India
Video | Adv. Mohammad Shoaib on human rights abuses in Yogi Adityanath’s regime
The 76-year-old advocate Mohammad Shoaib is one of the tallest human rights defenders in Uttar Pradesh. Shoaib's organisation Rihai Manch has been raising critical questions about the State and mob killings of Dalit, Muslim and OBC youth in Uttar Pradesh.
India
Video | I’m here as a warning of what can happen: Omar Abdullah at MK Stalin’s book launch
“I’m here not as a victim but also as a warning of what can happen”, said National Conference leader Omar Abdullah speaking on the occasion.
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India
Interview | Chandrashekhar Azad on his fight for social justice against Yogi Adityanath
Azad says that Adityanath is considered to be the strongest BJP leader and that only Chandrashekhar Azad can defeat Yogi.
India
Interview | Abdullah Azam on his jail days, Azam Khan and UP polls
Abdullah Azam, son of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan speaks to Maktoob on his time in jail, his father's cases and the politics of polarization that the BJP.
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India
Video | We are never going to remove our hijab: Karanataka Muslim students
"We are never going to remove our hijab," Aysha Nourin, a first-year student of RN Shetty college, told Maktoob.
India
Never ending assault by Hindutva men in Kerala; Bindhu Ammini speaks
Bindhu Ammini, a lawyer and Dalit activist, was one among the few women who dared to challenge Kerala’s Hindutva conscience by entering Sabarimala temple in 2019 following the Supreme Court’s historic verdict.
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In UP, judiciary is under pressure: Lawyer Abubakr Sabbaq
Ahead of UP State Assembly elections, Maktoob speaks to Sabbaq on law enforcement, judiciary and the spiking lawlessness in the state.
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I don’t have a choice to remain silent: Safoora Zargar
For Safoora Zargar, a Muslim student leader, hardly a day goes by without online abuse from India's right-wing trolls for her dissent against Modi's Hindutva regime. But none of it...
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