A Portrait of Aurangzeb More Complex than Hindutva’s Political Project Will Admit
In ‘Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth’, Audrey Truschke sifts popular imagination on the ruler’s personal and political life from historical realities.
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Why the U.S. Shouldn’t Play Games with Cyberwarfare as Its Power Declines
Cybersecurity threats are emerging as one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century. The U.S. and its NATO allies have turned down every attempt within the UN framework for banning cyberweapons.
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Haiti: ‘A Day in the Life’ Fighting Dictatorship and Neocolonialism
Danny Shaw, a City University of New York (CUNY) academic, slept, ate and marched with militants from the Fort National neighbourhood’s popular organisation Mouvement de Liberté d’Égalité des Haitiens pour la Fraternité in late February and early March.
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Federalism in Peril
The Delhi government Bill and other legislative measures adopted by the Narendra Modi government and State governments headed by the BJP fit in well with the Sangh Parivar’s long-term project of dismantling the symbols and institutions considered anathema to the ‘Hindu ethos’.
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Fr Stan Swamy and the Ides of March; Several Thousand Sign Petition for Fr Stan’s Release
For Fr Stan, the order of the judge rejecting his bail plea was indeed the ‘ides of March’; however, it is not a closed chapter, the struggle for justice and truth will continue relentlessly. One day with Fr Stan, we will certainly say we have overcome for ‘Satyameva Jayate!’
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Judiciary and Social Justice, Dignity and Personal Liberty, Human Rights and Frights
Our founding fathers and mothers were far-sighted in matters of socio-economic justice, dignity of the individual and personal liberty. Today, dissent and disagreement are slowly being turned into sedition and a national security issue. In good time, human rights may well become human frights.
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Erdoğan Starts a Political Earthquake in Turkey
Significant developments are underway in Turkey. Most ominously, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has moved toward the banning of one of the country’s main opposition parties, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
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Acquittal in Ishrat Jahan Encounter: A Licence to Kill?
The acquittal of several police officers accused in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case should alert all citizens. Are we a country whose police shoot people dead without a care about the rule of law?
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The Myanmarese Revolution Continues: Two Articles
The Myanmarese people are on a general strike. It has paralysed large parts of the economy, including banks, shipyards, transport, railways, major factories, large-scale farms, oil refineries, mines, hospitals, schools, marketplaces, and importantly, all spheres of energy extraction.
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With New Rules for Digital Media, the Noose Tightens
Jittery over the swelling tide of online dissent, the government issues new rules that give it overarching powers to control digital media under the guise of preventing misuse of freedom of speech.
