Remember the Teenager Named Junaid Khan?
His lynching had sparked the #notinmyname campaign. However, four years later communal lynchings no longer seem to shock the public. A scary sign of the times.
Farmers’ Agitation Completes 200 Days; Farmers Lauch Padyatra in UP – Two Articles
Farmer leaders say that while the agitation brought an awareness over the agrarian crisis, the path ahead remains crucial given upcoming elections in states like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand; Farmers lauch padyatra in UP, more to follow.
Silger Protest Taps into Wider Anger in Bastar Over Security Camps Coming Up in the Name of Roads
Silger has attracted protestors from all over Bastar due to rising friction over the establishment of security camps, ostensibly for the purpose of aiding road construction. Across the seven districts of Bastar division, there have been at least 12 such protests since October last year.
IT Rules Flout Intl Human Rights Norms, Say UN Experts; ‘Misplaced Concern,’ Says India
Three UN Special Rapporteurs have noted that the broad phrasing of the IT Rules stand to seriously harm privacy and freedom of expression. The government has replied that it doesn’t think so.
Comparing Response to Two Important Diseases—Tuberculosis and COVID-19
Since the beginning of the corona pandemic in early 2020, the number of COVID-19 deaths has been approximately 330 per day in India, while during the same period the number of tuberculosis deaths has been around 1,230 per day. Yet TB deaths never make the newspaper headlines.
Unearthing the Story of the Sand Burials on the Banks of the Ganga
The city where thousands come seeking moksha (salvation) has been swamped by deaths in the second surge of COVID-19. From end March to early May, Varanasi has had to accommodate more dead than the powers that be are ready to admit.
Why the Supreme Court Must Declare Sedition Law Unconstitutional
The noted lawyer analyses recent case law on the rampant misuse of Section 124A of the IPC, which provides for the offence of sedition, as well as questions the reasoning of the Supreme Court in its landmark Kedar Nath Singh judgment, to argue for the repeal of the sedition law.
With its Strident NEP Opposition, Stalin’s DMK Asserts Dravidian Credentials
The vocal, sustained and fiercely vehement opposition of the DMK to the New Education Policy ever since its draft released in 2019, has been barely a matter of surprise to close watchers and chroniclers of the Dravidian movement.
Is the Centre’s New MSP Over 50% of Farmers’ Comprehensive Cost? Nope.
The difference between the MSP declared for ten kharif crops and that calculated according to the Swaminathan Commission formula ranges between Rs 611 per quintal to Rs 2,027.5 per quintal, depending upon which one of the ten crops is chosen.
Has the CPI(M) Forgotten its Strong Federal Roots?
The CPI(M) does not regard the BJP’s repeated attempts to destabilise the West Bengal government as a threat to federalism but as a political tussle between TMC and BJP, forgetting that this struggle is very similar to the struggles of the Jyoti Basu government against the Centre in the 1980s.