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Sumanta Banerjee At a time when Delhi was burning in the fire of communal riots sparked by the provocative speeches of leaders of his own party as evident from video reports, it was ironical that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have invited President Trump to visit, of all places, Sabarmati, the ashram where Gandhi…
Monobina Gupta The recent spate of retaliatory actions against anti-CAA protesters in Karnataka are a replication of mechanisms honed by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh. The fact that both the state governments relentlessly targeting protesters are led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ominously significant. Considering the horrifying images flooding…
Sandeep Pandey, Medha Patkar Akhil Gogoi, leader of the largest grassroots mass organisation in Assam, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, has been incarcerated under sections 18 and 39 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in addition to sections 120B, 124A, 153A and 153B of the IPC and the case handed over to National Investigation Agency, which…
Siddharth Varadarajan Don’t be confused by the big media narrative of pro- and anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protesters or “two sides” fighting it out in the streets of Delhi. And for heaven’s sake don’t fall for the ludicrous claim made by the minister of state for home affairs G. Kishan Reddy that the continuing violence is…
Sandeep Pandey, Rajendran Narayanan After being detained illegally at their respective residences for six months now, the Public Safety Act has been invoked against Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and even Shah Faesal, in order to continue their detention. Omar Abdullah has been accused for his capacity to influence people to the extent that they…
Farah Naqvi I am woman, every Indian woman I am here; for I am the need of this time now I am here, for I am citizen of my land I am the guardian of my world now. I am on every crossroads. To every ground I lay claim, for it is my Hindustan….
Sukanya Shantha A young woman, in a moss green burqa, enters a barricaded space inside Morland road in South Mumbai. A policewoman, in plain clothes, rushes behind her and insists on seeing her identity proof. An argument ensues. The woman, refusing to divulge any information says, “Protester likho (mention me as a protester).” “Yeh…
N.D. Pancholi In defending the Citizens Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA), the ruling party’s main argument is that the amendment does not deprive Indian citizens of any of their rights. The government argues that it confers rights on members of the persecuted minorities belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Parsi and Jain religions (except Muslims) who…
Humra Quraishi A strange sort of partitioning is unfolding in India. The usual apparatus of lies, fears and misconceptions about Muslims are being propagated by right-wing lobbies. Foremost among them is the myth that Indian Muslims did not suffer during the partition of India. The stark truth is that both Hindus and Muslims suffered…
Markandey Katju My mind is boggling considering what is going on in Ulta Pradesh (sorry, Uttar Pradesh) lately. I was 20 years a lawyer and 20 years a judge, so I thought I was well versed in the principles of law, but now I am learning a new jurisprudence which can only be found…
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