Why Is a Public-Spirited Lawyer Like Sudha Bhardwaj Who Protected Rights of the Poor Under Attack
She is facing repression because she has tried to protect democratic rights of the poorest.
‘What Was Umar Khalid’s Crime?’: Over 200 Thinkers Across the World Extend Solidarity
Among signatories are journalist P. Sainath, actor Ratna Pathak Shah, authors Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh and Arundhati Roy, and renowned scholars Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, Romila Thapar and Sheldon Pollock.
Arundhati Roy: Rebel With a Cause
In a world of conformists and cowards, Roy’s courage inspires and kindles hope.
Reading about Mussolini’s Italy in Modi’s India
There are uncanny parallels between the Italy of the 1920s and the India of the 2020s.
A Hindu Papacy?
In India, we appear to have succumbed to some ultramontane form of Hinduism, though in this setting, the Prime Minister is the figurative Pope.
Kashi-Mathura: Will Temple Politics be Revived?
The success of right wing forces to increase their clout through the Ram Temple campaign may prompt them to go in this direction, which is detrimental to the progress and development of the country.
Tablighi Jamaat: Vindicated, Finally
Bombay High Court quashes the FIRs against 29 foreigners and six Indian members of the Tablighi Jamaat and chastises the police for “non-application of mind”, hopefully drawing the curtain on the sustained vilification of the largest Muslim organisation in the country.
‘Good Governance’ in UP: Four Articles
UP police to probe each Hindu-Muslim marriage for ‘love-jehad’; UP primarily using NSA against those accused of cow slaughter; UP setting up a new special force that can search and arrest without a warrant; when the release of an innocent detainee after months in jail is cause for elation, then democracy is staring at its nadir.
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Taking the Next Knee
Trump administration wants the baseball and basketball players to shut up and dribble. However, the question, in this moment from hell, is: Will the players and fans agree?
Janta Parliament: Executive Summary of Suggestions Made During Concluding Session
With the Modi government unwilling to convene the Parliament while taking several far-reaching and controversial decisions, concerned citizens got together to convene a Janta Parliament. A summary of the suggestions made in its concluding session.