CAA–NRC Protests: Why Gandhi Would Have Been Proud of Today’s Youth
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CAA–NRC Protests: Why Gandhi Would Have Been Proud of Today’s Youth

Syed Ubaidur Rahman   Today, as the shadow of eviction confronts the anti-CAA protests that have rocked the Capital’s Shaheen Bagh locality for one month, it is important to note how these protests have contributed to the nation so far. The protests—wherever they have taken place in the country—have had a profound impact on the…

A Million Mutinies Tied Together by Humanity and Hope
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A Million Mutinies Tied Together by Humanity and Hope

Prem Panicker   It was the Bharatiya Janata Party’s New Year gift for a bigoted base that did the party proud in the 2019 general election. It turned out to be the inflection point, the wedge driven deep into the subcutaneous fissures in society that cracked the country wide open—and look where we are now….

An Open Letter to the Citizens of India
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An Open Letter to the Citizens of India

Constitutional Conduct Group   A group of 106 former senior bureaucrats with the government of India have organised themselves as the Constitutional Conduct Group. Most of them were IAS, and include IPS, IRS, IFS officials. They include top former Secretaries, DGPs and even RAW officials. The signatories include former National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon; former…

Shaheen Bagh: Thousands Say in One Voice—Nothing Less Than CAA Roll-Back
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Shaheen Bagh: Thousands Say in One Voice—Nothing Less Than CAA Roll-Back

Tarique Anwar   A record crowd of over 50,000 people gathered at the protest site at Shaheen Bagh in Jamia nagar locality in Southeast Delhi on Sunday, January 12 evening to extend solidarity to protesting women, who have been staging a ‘dharna’ (sit-in) at Kalindi Kunj-Noida highway for the past 28 days—protesting against the  CAA–NPR–NRC….

US Is a Rogue State and Suleimani’s Assassination Confirms It
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US Is a Rogue State and Suleimani’s Assassination Confirms It

  C.J. Polychroniou interviews Noam Chomsky   C.J. Polychroniou (CJP): Noam, the US assassination of Iran’s Quds Force commander Qassim Suleimani has reaffirmed Washington’s long-held obsession with Tehran and its clerical regime, which goes all the way back to the late 1970s. What is the conflict between US and Iran all about, and does the…

A Self-Made Fiscal Trap
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A Self-Made Fiscal Trap

C.P. Chandrasekhar   In the Revised Estimates for 2018–19 reported in Budget 2019, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government had hugely inflated figures on Central revenues and expenditures in 2018–19. This was one of many signals that it was faced with a fiscal crisis it did not want to reveal. Matters have only worsened since…

Interview: ‘We Have Practically Lost Kashmir,’ Says P. Chidambaram
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Interview: ‘We Have Practically Lost Kashmir,’ Says P. Chidambaram

The Wire Staff   “We have practically lost Kashmir,” former Union home minister P. Chidambaram said about the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government’s Kashmir policy in an interview to The Wire.   Appearing on the National Security Conversations show hosted by Happymon Jacob, the senior Congress leader argued that by carrying out fundamental changes in…

For the First Time Since Independence, Muslims Have Come on the Streets
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For the First Time Since Independence, Muslims Have Come on the Streets

Nizam Pasha   Ironically, the unholy trinity of the National Register of Citizens-Citizenship (Amendment) Act-National Population Register, designed to place a question mark on the citizenship of Muslims in India, has had the unintended consequence of reaffirming their Indian identity.   Despite having chosen to stay in India after independence, weathering the rising tide of…

In Spite of Severe Repression, People are United in Protests
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In Spite of Severe Repression, People are United in Protests

Sandeep Pandey, Anandi Pandey    At New Delhi’s Jamia Millia University if one visits the library it may appear as if a pitched battle was fought here. Almost all glasses have been broken by tear gas shells or stun grenades and furniture has been vandalised. And this was in response to some peaceful protests outside…

Battle for India’s Soul: A Century-Long Struggle Against the Mahatma’s Vision 
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Battle for India’s Soul: A Century-Long Struggle Against the Mahatma’s Vision 

Harsh Mander    A hundred years have passed since a battle was launched for the soul of this ancient land. At stake was the country we would together build after the British left our shores.   This was the time when Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa to join India’s freedom struggle. In his leadership…