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Raising uneasy questions subtly

Published: Sunday, Mar 11, 2012, By DNA Correspondent | Place: Bangalore | In a rather unusual ceremony, SK Biswas, former director of Indian Institute of Science, released four books by social activists MC Raj and Jyothi Raj in the city… Continue Reading →

Student’s Arrest: The Lingaram Kodopi of South India?

MANGALORE – Arrest of a student pursuing Post Graduation from Mangalore University on the charges of Naxal link, has created a row between civil society and administration in Dakshina Kannada district. Vittala, a student of Mass Communication and Journalism, along… Continue Reading →

When beauty is rendered as a tool to assert and/or negotiate spaces.

by Minakshee Rode In a place like Pune University, whenever I look around, particularly, at the post graduate students studying English Literature, Caste and gender studies, one question always bothers me: what do we expect our mind-sets to be? Students… Continue Reading →

Tribal student at AIIMS hangs self

Durgesh Nandan Jha, TNN | Mar 5, 2012 NEW DELHI: A first-year MBBS student at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, who hailed from a village in Rajasthan and was the second topper in the Scheduled Tribe category at… Continue Reading →

A topper’s murder throws light on caste in Haryana classroom

Deepu Sebastian Edmond   , Financial Express Hisar:When they planned the murder of a classmate in broad daylight, Kalyan Singh and Raj Kumar were probably counting on the Omerta their brazen act would induce among their college mates. They were not… Continue Reading →

Rajasthan Mining – The Moving Earthquake

After Haryana ban, illegal mining shifts to Sikar’s hills – By Panini Anand in Outlook     Who’s The Quarry? More than 400 active leases in the Sikar belt 1,200 trucks move out of Rajasthan Aravallis daily In Dabla alone,… Continue Reading →

Upper caste boys kill boy from lower caste for ‘topping class’

Chandigarh, Indian Express In yet another caste related crime, a topper of an engineering college in Hisar district of Haryana, belonging to backward caste, was shot dead in broad daylight by his classmates – all from Jat community. The assailants… Continue Reading →

In India, a ‘Blame the Victim’ Mentality

By NILANJANA S. ROY “She has two children, and so far as I know, she is separated from her husband,” Mr. Mitra said on a national television show. “What was she doing at a nightclub so late at night?” The… Continue Reading →

Open letter to Piyush Pandey on Vedanta’s “Creating Happiness”

To Executive Chairman &National Creative Director India and South Asia Ogilvy & Mather Pvt Ltd 21st Feb, 2012 Dear Mr Piyush Pandey Greetings ! You are the Icon of  Indian advertising Industry and I was delighted to know that you… Continue Reading →

Amnesty action for Indian activists- Soni Sori and Lingaram Kodopi

Hoevelaken – The annual action by Amnesty International this year focused on the release of political prisoners in India. Soni Sodi (female) and Linga ram Kodopi (male), two indigenous activists from the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Maoist rebels who are… Continue Reading →

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