Hindu Names for Military Operations: Treading a Dangerous Line
The Modi government’s move aims to transform our religiously diverse, plural and strictly secular armed forces into a weapon of Hindutva.
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No Handshakes, Big Revenues: Indian Cricket Board’s Pakistan Pieties
It is trying to appease its hyper-nationalist audience at home while simultaneously serving the interests of a global cricket economy.
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Historian Richard Eaton: ‘Mughals Were Not a Foreign Empire’; NCERT Seeking to Erase Their History – 2 Articles
‘“Absolutely Wrong to See Mughals as a Foreign Empire”: Historian Richard Eaton’: Calling the Mughals a foreign empire is like calling America a foreign empire. The author also points out that it is impossible to rid India today of their influence. Also: ‘Erasing the Mughals: NCERT’s Assault on Truth and Memory’.
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Rejection of Bail of Umar, Gulfisha, Sharjeel: Credibility of Courts at Stake – 2 Articles
‘How Long is Too Long? Umar, Gulfisha, Sharjeel and Crisis of Credibility of Courts’: Release of the Delhi riots conspiracy prisoners, who continue to face incarceration for five plus years without a trial, is no longer a legal issue. It is a test of this nation’s moral conscience. Also: ‘How The Rejection of Bail for Muslim Activists Accused in the Delhi Riots Defies the Law, Facts and Fairness’.
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Living in the Shadow of Jail, Torture: The Account of Two Muslims Acquitted of Terror
Over the past decade, a series of ‘terrorism’ cases have crumbled. The ‘terror innocents’ who walk free only face a life of unfreedom.
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Assam’s Agenda for Muslims Goes National
Demolition, detention, disenfranchisement and deportation: Assam’s blueprint to marginalise Muslims is rolling out across India.
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Widespread Targeting of Bengali-Speaking Migrant Workers Across States
From Odisha to Maharashtra, a quiet purge of Bengali-speaking workers is unfolding—fueled by profiling, detention drives and a near-collapse of constitutional safeguards. Also: ‘Why Bengali Migrant Workers in BJP-Ruled States are Being Asked to Prove They are Indians’.
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India has Lost its Moral Edge Because of Repression of its Minorities – 2 Articles
“View from Bangladesh: India Has Lost its Moral Edge as an Example of Handling Pluralism”: Systemic repression of its own minorities, especially Muslims, will not bring the country closer to security or stability. Also: “In Assam, ‘Indigenous’ Means Many Things—Until it Means Muslim”.
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The Arrest and Bail of Ali Khan Mahmudabad – 2 Articles
‘Ali Khan Mahmudabad has Fulfilled the Task of a Political Scientist’: Ali has been penalised because our society has been taught to distrust intellectuals. It should realise that intellectuals are the lifeblood of our society because they advocate the thinking human being. Also: ‘For Mahmudabad’s Bail Observations, We Cannot Blame Just the Supreme Court’.
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An Open Letter: ‘I Have Small Eyes, Mr Prime Minister’
It doesn’t behove the stature of an Indian prime minister to deploy such racist language about any community, whether Indian or not. Why you could consider a course correction.
