Day September 4, 2016
While crimes against Dalits are increasing, the state has time and again let them down, with little action against the perpetrators. by BHALCHANDRA MUNGEKAR | It is the Indian state — the legislature, executive and judiciary — that has miserably… Continue Reading →
END THE WITCH-HUNTING OF LAWYERS, ACTIVISTS AND REPRESSION ON THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR!! Indian Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), expresses its outrage and strongly condemns the continuing use of brute force by the Indian Army, Security Forces and J&K Police… Continue Reading →
On the dictates of Akali-BJP government, the Punjab police today conducted large scale raids in the villages of Punjab and many peasants leaders were arrested from their homes during raids. This crackdown was aimed at to foil the permanent sit-in… Continue Reading →
by Shobha R, Theatre artist and Curator of Music Stories of Resilience There are many of us educated urbanites who haven’t even heard about places like the Bastar region in Chhattisgarh. The reasons are obvious. The mainstream media hardly reports… Continue Reading →
SC/ST Act curbs free speech: HRW Really ? G SAMPATH Sedition law finds a spot in Human Rights Watch‘s list of Indian legislations that ‘restrict freedom of expression’. The global human rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW), in its 2016… Continue Reading →
Gautam Adhikari You get less laicite and more laissez-faire if you do secularism Indian rather than French style Charlie Hebdo, yes that French satirical magazine which was attacked by Islamist terrorists for publishing a cartoon showing the Prophet Muhammad,… Continue Reading →
Priya Menon Chennai: As an activist, she has been a beacon of hope for the transgender community .And now, she is using her passion and flair for art to give a new lease of life to a few deserving members…. Continue Reading →
What Do We See? Was justice really done in the Khairlanji massacre? Is there any let-up in atrocities against Dalits? More importantly, will the victims get justice given the depressing trend in recent judgments, where perpetrators of violence against… Continue Reading →
Pranav Kuttaiah Two films recently released that couldn’t seem more far apart. They are set in different contexts, directed by vastly different directors, produced and distributed for entirely different audiences, and star actors from completely divergent walks of life and… Continue Reading →
Following the incident, police arrested two persons while 13 others are being identified. Cow vigilantes on Saturday torched a truck carrying chicken feed, and beat up the owner of the vehicle suspecting that it was carrying beef, at Zhora… Continue Reading →