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Day September 25, 2017

Dalits alone should elect their candidates: Ahead of Gujarat polls, Dalit rights leader revives Ambedkar’s demand

    Martin Macwan By Our Representative Taking its campaign to a new level, the Abhadcched Mukt Bharat Andolan (Untouchability Free India Movement): Mission 2047, launched by well-known Dalit rights activist Martin Macwan, has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to… Continue Reading →

Love in the time of sanskar: India’s latest anti-love policy

  While the topic of ‘love jihad‘ has reared its ugly, divisive head in the social conscious of the country of late with even the judiciary taking note, it would appear that for some in the BJP establishment, having tea with… Continue Reading →

Condemn Arrest of Teesta Setalvad In Varanasi 

We are shocked and dismayed at the arrest of activist Teesta Setalvad in Varanasi today. Teesta Setalvad was visiting Banaras to attend the Yuva Samta Samvad Shivir organized by the Samajwadi Jan Parishad at Gandhi Sansthan. The UP Government and… Continue Reading →

The Ballad of Ram-e-Hind: Revisiting the Urdu versions of Ramayana that once lit up the stage

With Urdu gradually freeing itself from its “Muslim” tag and reclaiming its rightful place as a people’s language, perhaps, it is time to revisit these manzum Ramayanas and, perchance, stage a Ramlila on Ufuq’s Ram Natak. by Rakhshanda Jalil | The earliest… Continue Reading →

Modi government’s pet e-Sampark database hits privacy roadblock

ANUBHUTI VISHNOI    The Cabinet Secretariat in New Delhi | Source: Wikimedia commons Days before Supreme Court judgement on privacy, health and railway ministries had raised concerns over sharing citizens’ details for the new database. Before the Supreme Court delivered… Continue Reading →

ACTION ALERT- Prevent Forceful and illegal evictions in the name of ‘disaster management’ in Chennai

Prevent Forceful and illegal evictions in the name of ‘disaster management’ and ‘restoration of water bodies’ in Chennai More than 400 families evicted, 55000 families threatened! Resettlement at 30 Km away, Zero options of LIVELIHOOD   New Delhi, 25 September… Continue Reading →

“Hume Aadhaar Nahi- Sudhar Chahiye !”: MNREGA workers at nation wide protest

The Aadhaar Act, 2016 as it says is supposed to be for the “targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services.” But the ground reality tells us a different story. Thousands of MNEREGA workers gathered at Jantar Mantar… Continue Reading →

Activist Teesta Setalvad Detained in Varanasi, Released After Ten Hours

  The civil rights activist was told by the police that she had been arrested without being told the charges, and kept in custody for more than ten hours. NH Photo Human Rights activist Teesta Setalvad (right) as detained by… Continue Reading →

Haryana: Girl writes anonymous letter to police alleging gang-rape in school by 2 officials #Vaw

Copies of letter sent to PM, school director and local media; clerk Karambir and accountant Sukhbir of private school in Gohana booked for allegedly raping victim; no arrests yet I Hardik Anand HindustanTimes, Rohtak The Sonepat police on Saturday received… Continue Reading →

Kerala Kaumudi journalist hospitalized after police assault in Thiruvananthapuram #WTFnews

Sajeev Gopalan in hospital (Facebook/Sunil Villikadav) A senior journalist was hospitalized after being allegedly assaulted by the police at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday night. Sajeev Gopalan, working with Kerala Kaumudi journalist was attacked in front of his wife… Continue Reading →

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