How Five Panjab University Women Students Launched a Movement That Could Change Campus Politics Forever
A look at the ideas and issues that encouraged the larger Punjabi society to rally behind a campus protest led by a handful of students.
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Babri Mosque Demolition: When Indian State and Supreme Court Shamelessly Succumbed to Hindutva Lies
A compilation of documentary evidence of how the Indian State and the Supreme Court facilitated the Hindutva project of obliterating a historic mosque at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. The article examines Hindutva lies with irrefutable facts which were overlooked by the rulers and highest judiciary of India.
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The Supreme Court in Retreat – 2 Articles
‘A New Silence: SC’s Turn Toward Non-Interference in Hate Speech Cases’: The Court’s refusal to monitor rising hate-speech incidents marks a decisive shift from its earlier activist stance. Also: ‘Former Judges and Advocates Urge CJI to Uphold Rohingya Rights’.
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India’s New Labour Codes: Assault on Workers’ Rights – 5 Articles
‘What do the Labour Codes Mean for the Indian Worker?’; ‘How India’s New Labour Codes Dismantle Worker Protections’; ‘Liquidation by Legislation: Why the New Labour Codes are the Next Farm Bills’;‘Labour Codes: Structural Rewriting of Workers’ Rights’; ‘New Labour Codes Erase a Century of Hard-Won Workers’ Rights in One Stroke’.
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How Reliable is India’s GDP Calculation?
Economist Arun Kumar and former Chief Statistician Pronab Sen discuss the IMF’s C-grade rating for India’s national account statistics and the credibility of its GDP figures. Both experts express serious doubt about the reported 8.2% growth for quarter Q2.
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A Brief History of India’s Education System, Part 5: Towards Free, Equitable, Quality Education
The tenth part of a series of articles on ‘India’s Education Journey: From Macaulay to NEP’. This article questions the popularly held view that there is no alternative to sending children to private schools because government schools are of poor quality and have poor learning outcomes.
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Uttarakhand: A Model Hindu State in the Making?; Cultural ‘Purification’ in Uttarakhand – 2 Articles
‘Uttarakhand: A Model Hindu State in the Making?’: The new Bills on civil code, conversion, and minority schools indicate an overt attempt to fold Uttarakhand into a Hindu-only political imagination. Also: ‘Dehradun After Dark: No Beats, No Bhajans, Just One Controlling Dal’.
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Tagore: A Legacy Beyond Borders and Time; But Now, Tagore is Treason – 2 Articles
‘Rabindranath Tagore: A Legacy Beyond Borders and Time’: Rabindra Jayanti commemorates the birth anniversary of poet Rabindranath Tagore, and is celebrated with immense enthusiasm across West Bengal, other Indian states, Bangladesh, and Bengali-speaking communities around the world. Also: ‘When Tagore is Treason’.
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Delhi Pollution: Mopping Floor With Tap Open; Tackling Transport Sector Pollution – 2 Articles
‘Delhi Pollution: Mopping Floor with Tap Open!’: It is noticeable that no authority wants to tackle the powerful automobile or construction lobbies, both of whom deny major responsibility and point fingers elsewhere. Also: ‘Delhi Pollution: One-Size-Fits-All Won’t Work in Transport Sector’.
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How CIA Secretly Triggered Sino–Indian War
From October 20 to November 21, 1962, a little-remembered conflict raged between China and India. A detailed academic investigation, ignored by the mainstream media, exposes how the war was a deliberate product of clandestine CIA meddling, specifically intended to further Anglo-American interests regionally.
