‘The Immortal’: Art Brings Out Bhagat Singh’s Spirit and Thoughts Beyond Stereotypes
Bhagat Singh has been turned into a stereotype in many art pieces. But a new painting sheds a rare light on the famous revolutionary.
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Increasing Tendency of Police to Attack Journalists Is Very Disturbing: Editors Guild of India; Also – Statement by Press Club of India
On April 2, the police in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh had arrested, stripped and humiliated a local journalist and some members of the civil society, in retaliation to their reporting on BJP MLA and his son; “Arrest Communal Hooligans; Release Jailed Scribes,” Says Press Club of India.
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Par-Tapi-Narmada River Link Project Should be Fully Withdrawn
There has been a great surge of united actions by tribal communities against the Par-Tapi-Narmada River Link Project. Behind their demand is a history of much suffering caused by displacement and other problems, loss of home, forests and farmland, related to several projects in the past.
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The Journalistic Legacy of B.R. Ambedkar, the Editor
The newspapers associated with Ambedkar are repositories of vast information on the history of Dalit political activism, which is why it’s a pity that Ambedkar’s role as a journalist and editor has been largely ignored.
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India’s Dilemma Over West vs Russia
New Delhi needs to be clear headed and has to grasp the reality that the Ukraine conflict is a template of the Indo-Pacific strategy.
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Killed for Sporting a Moustache: Dalits in Rajasthan’s Feudal Villages Face Rising Tide of Caste Violence
Attacks on Dalits have grown in Rajasthan since 2018. The upper castes are viewing growing assertion by scheduled castes as a challenge to caste hierarchy—a Dalit man forced to shave off moustache, others beaten for riding a mare on their wedding, Dalit women prohibited from wearing slippers.
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Jailed For 22 Months, Former Jamia Alumni President Asks If Stringent Laws Are Only For Muslims
A builder devoted to his alma mater, Shifa-ur-Rehman is one of the longest incarcerated accused in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. As we look back at the legal trajectory of his case, Rehman spoke to us from Tihar jail about the India he was born into, Islamophobia today, and the biased application of stringent laws.
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The National Implications of the BJD’s Stunning Victory in Odisha’s Local Bodies
As the BJP scripts victories in many states, there are lessons to be learnt on how a regional party like the BJD has repeatedly defeated the saffron party.
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Over 60 Lakh Central and State Govt Posts Lying Vacant
Filling up these posts itself would contribute to reducing the raging joblessness that has haunted India in the past several years, but the government does not seem to care.
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Savarkar as a Diehard Casteist: Evidence from Hindutva Archives
Savarkarites are claiming that Savarkar had imagined a nation free of malevolent social evils such as caste cruelty, Untouchability, and injustice towards women. A comparison of these claims with the writings and deeds of Savarkar as recorded in the Hindu Mahasabha archives.
