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Day January 24, 2017

Assets worth Rs 162 crore seized in I-T raids on Karnataka minister, Mahila Congress chief’s premises

Rs 41 lakh in cash and over a dozen kilograms in gold and jewellery were also recovered during searches conducted on the premises of the duo.     HIGHLIGHTS 1 Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi and Mahila Congress president Laxmi Hebbalkar are… Continue Reading →

India: Messages of concern sent to Bastar top cop after Bela Bhatia is threatened, reply is ‘F u’

Another message sent to inspector general of police SRP Kalluri was replied to with: ‘Stop b****ing’ The messages of concern were sent to Mr Kalluri after some of a group of 30 men barged into independent researcher and human rights… Continue Reading →

बेला भाटिया मामला: आईजी से मदद मांगी, ‘जवाब मिला-एफ़ यू’ #Vaw

दिव्या आर्यबीबीसी संवाददाता साझा कीजिए इमेज कॉपीरइटPYOLI SWATIJA छत्तीसगढ़ में बस्तर के पुलिस महानिरीक्षक (आईजी) एसआरपी कल्लूरी पर आरोप लगा है कि उन्होंने बस्तर में काम कर रही सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता बेला भाटिया की मदद की अपील के जवाब में कुछ… Continue Reading →

Hindu nationalism is more Italian and Christian than Sonia Gandhi

    Pankaj Mishra Hindu nationalists have always made large claims about their exemplary and inimitable Hindu-ness. In Essentials of Hindutva, the book that comes closest to defining the ideology of modern Hindu nationalism, V D Savarkar claimed that the… Continue Reading →

The Future of the Left Is Female

Women’s rights are human rights, and women leaders are progressive leaders. By REBECCA TRAISTER Photograph by Oliver Contreras/The Washington Post via Getty Images A crowd fills the streets near Capitol Hill during the Women’s March on Washington. January 23, 20173:37… Continue Reading →

Dalit transmedia artist and activist on why she marched against Trump

Thenmozhi SoundararajanDalit transmedia artist and activist CHRIS WATTIE / REUTERS I marched in the Women’s March, Washington, as a proud Dalit-American. I marched for many reasons but here are some of the most important. I marched for the 130 million… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan’s first all-girl orchestra ready to perform at Davos

AFP They are led by Negina Khpalwak, Afghanistan’s first female conductor In the face of death threats and accusations they are dishonouring their families by daring to perform, the women of Afghanistan’s first all-female orchestra are charting a new destiny… Continue Reading →

CIA files: US feared danger posed by Subhas Chandra Bose and his legacy

The legacy left behind by Bose in independent India was a source of constant worry to an American government stuck in cold war with communist USSR . Written by Adrija Roychowdhury | Netaji Subhas Chandra BoseThe association between Subhas Chandra… Continue Reading →

Mother of murdered Dalit also entitled to enhanced compensation

The Madras High Court Bench here has said that a Dalit woman whose son was murdered by a group of caste Hindus in May 1995 is entitled to enhanced compensation of ₹8.25 lakh as per the latest amendment made to… Continue Reading →

A tale of two dissenters: How musician TM Krishna and activist Bezwada Wilson challenged narrowness of elite policies

At a conference, a few weeks back, a student asked me about dissenting imaginations. He said, can you give me two examples of men. He literally ‘complained’ of the plethora of women leaders and dissenters like Teesta Setalwad, Medha Patkar,… Continue Reading →

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