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Seven months after Una flogging, Gujarat government to issue I-cards to skinners

AHMEDABAD: Seven months after Una dalit brutalities shook the conscience of the nation, the Gujarat government is all set to issue identity cards to dalits involved in business of cow–skinning. A Government Resolution (GR) in this regard will be issued… Continue Reading →

Bombay Black: These portraits aim to capture the caste conflict in rural Maharashtra

Ankita Maneck The Bombay Black exhibition at the ongoing Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Mumbai is about the city’s relationship with the colour black. A part of the project that features several contemporary artists, this photo series has portraits from… Continue Reading →

India – Social sector may be victim of inadequate budget

Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) Lack of policy directions for ensuring quality implementation of programmes makes the Union Budget 2017-18 allocations to ailing core social sectors like education and health inadequate in delivering the benefits, experts say. Schemes like Swachh Bharat-Urban… Continue Reading →

SC – People not obliged to stand up when #NationalAnthem is played as part of a film

The Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified that people are not obliged to stand up when the National Anthem is played as and in part of a film or documentary. By News Nation Bureau   | Supreme Court (Pic: PTI) New… Continue Reading →

UP elections 2017: Editor of Jagran.com arrested for violating EC guidelines

The Election Commission had, on Monday, ordered the filing of FIRs against the managemnt and editor-in-chief of Dainik Jagran for alleged violation of its guidelines. By: Express Web Desk | Jagran.com editor Shekhar Tripathi was arrested late last night. Image:… Continue Reading →

65% Indian women are literate, 5% have control over choosing their husband

Lavanya Garg, IndiaSpend The survey in 2012 covered over 34,000 urban and rural women between the ages of 15 and 81, in 34 Indian states and union territories.(File Photo) How much control do Indian women have over different aspects of… Continue Reading →

India – What is Being desi in Trumpland

VARGHESE K. GEORGE A protest against Donald Trump’s immigration policies in Washington D.C.   | Photo Credit: AP MORE-IN Travel visas and green cards, hecklers and hijabs: these are just some of the issues that are haunting people of Indian… Continue Reading →

Uma Bharti- Dishonouring the oath of office

Aakar Patel Uma Bharti, the water resources minister, claims she told the victims to watch as the offenders were hung upside down.  Uma Bharti (Photo: PTI) All ministers and Prime Ministers who take office in India make this promise: “I… Continue Reading →

Nandini Sundar on Working in Bastar and Being Labelled a ‘Maoist’

By Sharanya Gopinathan Nandini Sundar in conversation with Prayaag Akbar. Photo Courtesy Times Litfest Bengaluru Author, activist and professor Nandini Sundar was in conversation with Prayaag Akbar about her new book The Burning Forest and her decades of work in Bastar,… Continue Reading →

A few journalists in Chhattisgarh persevere in the face of extraordinary pressure

Embattled Lines By AMITAVA KUMAR |  INDIAN EXPRESS ARCHIVE The family of Santosh Yadav has struggled to make ends meet since his arrest in 2015. Like a few other Chhattisgarh journalists, Yadav worked in the face of coercion and intimidation from… Continue Reading →

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