Unravelling Concerns Over the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022
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Unravelling Concerns Over the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022

BySidra Javed

By allowing unregulated collection of biological samples or behavioural traits of individuals by executive agencies, the Bill violates the fundamental right to equality, the fundamental right against self-incrimination, and the fundamental right to privacy provided by the Constitution of India.

After 8 Years of Pleas, Kashmiri Pandits in Haryana Say BJP Govt Won’t Give Them Financial Assistance
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After 8 Years of Pleas, Kashmiri Pandits in Haryana Say BJP Govt Won’t Give Them Financial Assistance

BySat Singh

In March, while the Bharatiya Janata Party in Haryana was promoting The Kashmir Files, Kashmiri Pandits in the state were telling us that the government of Manohar Lal Khattar had ignored their pleas for financial assistance in the eight years since they came to power, amid worsening economic woes.

Roots of Feminist Fervour: Women in Bhakti Movement
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Roots of Feminist Fervour: Women in Bhakti Movement

ByPreeti Oza

Their sheer sense of individualism and power through spirituality made the rise of women’s voices prominent in Bhakti tradition. We can trace the elements of feminism through their songs, poems, and ways of life. On some of the important women saints of the Bhakti tradition who became the primitive voices of the rise of feminism in India.

Appeal to End Brutal Police Repression in Dhinkia
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Appeal to End Brutal Police Repression in Dhinkia

ByDhinkia Charidesa Solidarity Forum, Bhubaneswar

Press Release, 28/04/2022: We would like to invite your attention to the untold miseries and sufferings of people in Dhinkia which has been targeted for an integrated steel plant by Sajan Jindal’s JSW a few years after POSCO was driven out of the same soil.

Coal Shortages and Power Cuts: Mismanaged Electricity Supplies
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Coal Shortages and Power Cuts: Mismanaged Electricity Supplies

ByPrabir Purkayastha and T.K. Anjali

None of the Centre’s explanations for the coal and power shortages hit the mark. The government took no preventive steps though the severity of this crisis was long foretold. The real culprits are its notion of what constitutes power sector ‘reforms’ and lack of inter-ministerial coordination.