Time Magazine Calls Shaheen Bagh’s Bilkis Dadi Global Icon, But for the Indian State, She is a Conspirator – Two Articles
The hundred days of light and hope that was Shaheen Bagh cannot be extinguished by official slander and police chargesheets.
Modi Government Seeks to Corner Public Funds, While Denying Funds to States and Non-Profit Organisations – Two Articles
The Modi Government is cornering public funds via PM CARES while robbing states of GST share; at the same time, it is proposing to amend the FCRA to make it more difficult for activist organisations like Amnesty International to access foreign funding.
‘Good Governance’ in UP: Four Articles
UP police to probe each Hindu-Muslim marriage for ‘love-jehad’; UP primarily using NSA against those accused of cow slaughter; UP setting up a new special force that can search and arrest without a warrant; when the release of an innocent detainee after months in jail is cause for elation, then democracy is staring at its nadir.
The Supreme Court in Decline: Forgotten Freedoms and Eroded Rights
Speaking in the Constituent Assembly, Nehru had said that we needed judges of the “highest integrity”, who can “stand up against the executive government and whoever might come in their way.” Unfortunately, today, the Supreme Court seems to have lost its way.
The ‘Danse Macabre’ Around Rhea Chakraborty has Exposed Indian Society’s Inherent Misogyny
The weak evidence in the case against her does not matter to those who have launched a witch hunt.
How Big Money Controls the Stories the Media Tells
A mere five conglomerates dominate 90% of the media that Americans consume – freedom of the press in America today is as much an economic issue as a political one.
Judicial Manoeuvres and Delhi Slums
Courts are turning to the belief that slums are “detrimental to safety, health, or morals”, a ‘sentiment’ that requires less ‘evidence’ than property rights, occupation dates, and illegal squatting.
Media Policy 2020: Mocking Freedom of Speech and Expression in Jammu and Kashmir
Government interference and regulation of media hampers the effective functioning of any democracy. A critical examination of the New Media Policy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Biggest Insurgency India Has Ever Known
The exploitation of the Adivasi homelands for their mineral riches and always to the detriment of the Adivasi people, has stoked the biggest and most widespread insurgency this country has known.
Hindutva Politics and the Indian Economy
“Hindu Rashtra” is not a Hindu State, in the sense of promoting the interests of the Hindus. It is an authoritarian-fascist State which promotes the interests of a corporate-financial oligarchy.