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Limits of credibility

The government faces questions on its claims of ignorance about the working details of the Rafale deal and the bypassing of due process in finalising

Activists of Bhim Army at a rally demanding the release of their leader Chandrashekhar Azad, in New Delhi on April 18.

Dalit dissent

DRACONIAN laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the National Security Act (NSA) and charges of sedition are increasingly be

At a public protest against human trafficking in Bangalore. A file picture.

Drafted in a vacuum

There are serious concerns over the efficacy of the Anti-Trafficking Bill, which neither addresses the root causes of trafficking nor provides for pro

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Umar Khalid moments after he was shot at outside Constitution Club in New Delhi on August 13.

Umar Khalid: ‘An attempt to create fear and terror’

Interview with Umar Khalid, JNU student.

Student activists protesting against the Institute of Eminence tag conferred on Jio Institute, on July 11 in Delhi.

Jio Institute: Institute in imagination

The declaration of Jio Institute as one of India’s six Institutes of Eminence even before it has been set up raises several questions.

Campuses of bias

Socially discriminatory practices against students from marginalised communities in educational institutions are among the major factors that have led

Blind and brutal

The police crackdown on Dalits in Uttar Pradesh following the April 2 Bharat bandh does not spare even children.

At Tundey Kababi, a 105-year-old restaurant in Lucknow that had to stop serving its top-selling spiced buffalo meat fare because of the shortage of meat, on March 31, 2017. After the BJP came to power in Uttar Pradesh, the government began cracking down on illegal slaughterhouses and meat shops.

Politics of diet

Data from various surveys prove that India is anything but a vegetarian nation, but ever since the BJP came to power at the Centre there have been att

At the UNHCR in Geneva on June 21, (from left to right) Rita Izsak Ndiaye, member & Rapporteur of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, John Fisher, Geneva advocacy director, Human Rights Watch, and Asha Kowtal, general secretary, All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch.

Scaling up the fight

A report presented at the U.N. Human Rights Council signals Dalit women’s resolve to end the silence surrounding caste-based violence and discriminat

A candlelight vigil to protest against the rape of a 75-year-old nun during an armed assault on a convent school, in New Delhi March 16, 2015.

Church as target

Christian religious leaders’ concern about the atmosphere of intolerance in the country is born out of the reality of increasing violence against thei

At a protest march against sexual harassment, in Kochi on January 20.

Halting abuse

The government’s move to update an existing Act to ban indecent portrayal of women online is welcome given the rising incidence of harassment in rece

Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 15/11/2016.
A roadside stall near VOC Park in Coimbatore gives customers the option to pay by Paytm.
Photo: M. Periasamy

Stinging facts

The controversy over e-payments company Paytm’s alleged sharing of user data with the government raises larger concerns about digital data privacy.