Sahir Ludhianvi’s Song for a ‘New India’: Circa 2022
Sahir’s lyrics for the Hindi film ‘Didi’ (1959) continue to have great contemporary relevance.
Fascism | Human Rights | Journalism | judiciary | Online Blog | Securalism
MoEF&CC Must Stop Destroying India’s Progressive Environment, Forest And Biodiversity Protection Jurisprudence
Several top environmental experts have opposed the proposals by the Govt of India, to amend environment, forest and biodiversity protection laws, as also laws regulating pollution control, under the “influence and financing by foreign governments and international financial institutions”.
With Fact & Faith, a Growing Band of Concerned Citizens Battles Hate Speech in India
As journalists face punitive action for fact-checking and reporting hate speech by those allied with India’s ruling party, citizens are stepping into the breach, taking enormous risks to document rising instances of hate speech and hate crimes in the country.
How the Modi Government Has Weaponised the ED to Go After India’s Opposition
It is indisputable that the Modi government has turbocharged the use of the money laundering law. In the decade between 2004-’14, the ED carried out 112 searches in the course of investigating money laundering cases. In the next eight years, this number shot up by 26 times to 2,974 searches.
Why Votaries of Population Imbalance are Wrong About Muslim Growth Rate
Current demographic trends do not threaten national well-being, nor is the Muslim population exploding. The annual gung-ho about population explosion is political, not factual. It is a ploy to shroud the failure of the governments on the socio-economic front.
Is Kashmir Moving Towards Anarchy? – Two Articles
Processes unleashed since August 2019 are bearing fruit that favour BJP, not Kashmiris or the Pandit community, who are vigorously challenging Right-Wing communalism. Also: Yasin Malik Could Have Been the Muivah of Kashmir.
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Roots of Feminist Fervour: Women in Bhakti Movement
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.
Reflecting on the Most Poignant Moments of Last Two Years During Anand’s Incarceration
He is an undertrial, implicated under falsified charges under the draconian UAPA. At the age of 72 years, when people need to be cared for by their children, and be surrounded by their families, Anand and my struggles are entirely different. And all this merely on the basis of a story presented by the NIA to the court, the facts of which are pending verification.
Gujarat Temple Invites 100 Muslims to Break Ramzan Fast, Offer Maghrib Namaz
Wasim Khan, a Muslim resident of the Dalvana village where the temple is housed, called the invitation for Hindus and Muslims to come together an “emotional moment”.
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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.