Kandhamal 2020: We Live with the National Shame of Impunity in Perpetuity – Two Articles
Hate is very much alive in India. This is what we need to remember, on August 25, the day of remembrance of the anti-Christian pogrom in Kandhamal.
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Janata Parliament Concluding Session: Citizens and Parliamentarians Dialogue on the Way Forward
The week-long Janta Parliament concluded on August 26 with a three hour working session between the Janata Parliament and representatives of political parties.
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Delhi Riots: Police Investigations Remind of Prosecutions During Colonial Period; and Amnesty Report on Police Behaviour – Two Articles
The Delhi police’s prosecutions of the anti-CAA protestors reminds of the British days; and, an Amnesty International report on the riots accuses Delhi police of violence, serious rights violations.
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Record Contraction in India’s GDP in Q1 FY ‘21: An Act of God, or Incompetence of Leadership – Two Articles
India is the global leader in the new daily cases of COVID-19; it is also the worst performer among all major economies during the pandemic. The reason: not through ‘acts of god’, but incompetence of our Central leadership.
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Claim Your Anti-Caste Intersectional Feminism: A Dalit Woman’s Reflections on Feminism
The author discusses her commitment towards gender justice and equality as an anti-caste activist and researcher operating in upper caste, white and colonial spaces.
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Dalit Politics Needs a New Radical Direction
Dr Ambedkar had said that Dalits have two enemies: Capitalism and Brahminism; but today’s Dalit leaders have befriended capitalism.
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Can BJP’s Politics and Facebook’s Business Thrive Without Hate?
The problem of hate news is built into the genes of big digital monopolies like Facebook. We need to break up these monopolies and regulate them as the new public utilities of the digital age.
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Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Madan Lokur, Former SC Judges, Question SC Handling of Contempt Questions
Justice Joseph says the case involves constitutional issues and should be heard by at least a five judge bench; Justice Lokur says that in the USA, the President himself has often criticised the Supreme Court, but it has not destabilised constitutional democracy.
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Prashant Bhushan and the Gandhian Response to an ‘Illegitimate Law’
By evoking Gandhi in the Supreme Court’s contempt proceedings, the lawyer has contextualised the need to ‘test’ all laws to see if they further the quest for justice instead of simply being etched in stone.
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How the Indian State Persecutes Dissent – Three Articles
The Delhi police is manufacturing evidence to frame critics of the BJP government as responsible for the February riots in Delhi and has charge-sheeted and arrested thousands.
