Category Politics
TAPAN BOSE| (Mohammad Abu Bakar/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images) The Supreme Court reportedly told the Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association that it could tell the Centre to stop using pellet guns in the state only if the association could persuade the youth… Continue Reading →
Follow India Sad that Sadhvi Kamal of Rajasthan thinks the atheist revolutionary was a communal vigilante. The lynching to death of the 55-year-old dairy farmer Pehlu Khan in Rajasthan’s Alwar by a bunch of gau rakshaks has become the… Continue Reading →
‘The attempt to make Aadhaar mandatory has now emerged as an act of bullying by government agencies, turning citizens into subjects by making fundamental rights conditional on biometric identification,’ says Gopal Krishna. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Just a day before the… Continue Reading →
by Dr KS Sharma — ( The following are extracts from A paper presented by Dr KS Sharma at the XXXII Indian Social Science Congress held at New Delhi from 18′” December to 22nd December 2008. The Paper quotes Dr…. Continue Reading →
There is a need to speak out when the state’s biases result in crime and impunity by Usha Ramanathan | The targeting of Muslims, alleging that they were either eating beef or smuggling cows or transporting them for some purpose… Continue Reading →
India’s religious minorities have always been suspicious of Hindutva, aware that one day they could be on the receiving end of its intolerance. That day is arriving faster than they realise. Sunny Hundal Sikhs in attendance during a vigil in… Continue Reading →
MOUSA TAWFIQ GAZA: Samira Toman has gone from self-taught student to teacher. “I’ve been doing embroidery for almost 40 years,” the 55-year-old mother of nine told The Electronic Intifada. “I learned how to use needle and thread at school…. Continue Reading →
Aftab Alam Professor, Aligarh Muslim University Members of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, a far-right vigilante group in Uttar Pradesh state, India. Cathal McNaughton/Reuters Indolent Indian cows sitting or eating on the busiest roads of the country’s cities are… Continue Reading →
The CMS report says that around 43 per cent of households in 20 states feel that level of corruption in public services has increased. By: FE Online There has been a considerable dip in corruption in India since 2015,… Continue Reading →
The southern state has a rich history of protests. Some of Tamil Nadu’s tallest leaders forged their political careers in protests. Government data shows that in the past decade, the state has topped the list of most protests held. Kavitha… Continue Reading →