Sanjukta basu
Interview: Sanjukta Basu on slaying online trolls and fiercely defending free speech
Anand Teltumbde
Indians should be ashamed over what’s happening to Anand Teltumbde
weapon
BJP leader in Thane found selling weapons from beauty shop
Rohith Vemula
“From Shadows to the Stars”: A Tribute to Rohith Vemula
Modi
APCO to Kotler – The Artificial Glossing of Modi’s Image

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UP
After Messaging Campaign, Candidates Facing Murder Charges See 12% Decline In Votes, 3-Percentage-Point Decline In Vote Share
Transgender
Is Bangladesh on the cusp of electing its first transgender MP?
EU
Europe on the Brink of Collapse?

THEMES

Hashimpura
Hashimpura Massacre
The Lemmings of Hashimpura
Ambedkar and the Sangh Parivar
Repeated attempts by the RSS-driven Sangh Parivar to appropriate Dr BR Ambedkar throw up contradictions and evasions

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Jun
SAHMAT
Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust and Westland Publications invite you to the release of MEMORY IN THE AGE OF amnesia by Saeed Akhtar Mirza The author will be in conversation with Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor, The Wire Seema Mustafa, Editor-in-Chief, The Citizen

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Rohith Vemula
“From Shadows to the Stars”: A Tribute to Rohith Vemula
18 Jan 2019
Rohith Vemula, a young Dalit scholar at the Hyderabad Central University committed suicide on January 17, 2016. His death shook the conscience of the entire nation and led to massive protests, setting off a chain of events that continue to...
Modi
APCO to Kotler – The Artificial Glossing of Modi’s Image
18 Jan 2019
Narendra Modi is the first mainstream Indian politician who has tried to build his image rather assiduously. But the acceptance of an award with dubious connections does not add to the glory of the Prime Minister’s post.   Image...
ABVP
ABVP planned JNU row in 2016 and shouted anti-national slogans: ex ABVP members
17 Jan 2019
Jatin Goraya and Pradeep Narwal, the former vice-president and joint secretary respectively of JNU’s ABVP unit in 2016 said that filing of the chargesheet was aimed at diverting attention from the marginalisation of the oppressed, unemployment and...
BJP
BJP leader in Thane found selling weapons from beauty shop
17 Jan 2019
As many as 170 types of weapons worth around Rs 1.86 lakh were seized by the police.   Thane: Weapons including guns, swords, machetes and knives were recovered from the shop of a BJP leader in Maharashtra's Thane.   Dhananjay...
Anand Teltumbde
Indians should be ashamed over what’s happening to Anand Teltumbde
17 Jan 2019
To arrest him is to try and silence a powerful and unique Dalit voice with an unimpeachable intellectual track record. His impending arrest cannot but be seen as a political act. It will be a shameful and shocking moment in our history, said...