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Mehmood Pracha, advocate.

Delhi Police raid office of advocate Mehmood Pracha who is fighting cases of victims of Northeast Delhi violence; he calls it an attempt to silence him

A few weeks after the Delhi Police raided the premises of advocate Mehmood Pracha, who is representing many victims of the Northeast Delhi violence in

The Tablighi Jamaat Centre at Nizamuddin, a file photograph.

A year after being hounded for its alleged role in the spread of COVID-19, the Tablighi Jamaat resumes its activities

Almost a year after being hounded for the alleged spread of COVID-19, things are limping back to normal for the Tablighi Jamaat. Though the organisati

At a protest against “love jehad” and religious conversion, in New Delhi on November 8, 2020.

Imaginary enemies

Contrary to the vilification of Islamic rulers of the medieval era by Hindutva warriors over an imagined past of forcible conversion, historical evide

New Delhi, 12/09/2015: Audrey Truschke, the academic who has written on sanskrit in Mughal court Photo: Handout Email

Audrey Truschke: ‘I am not alone in refusing to sway with the Indian political winds’

Interview with the historian Audrey Truschke.

A banner installed near the BJP headquarters in Lucknow on March 5, 2019, by a BJP leader, claiming to take revenge for the Pulwama killings.

Jingoism as politics

The ‘nationalist sentiment’ Modi evoked at every election rally post-Pulwama attack and his frequent exhortations around the Balakot air strikes and t

A view of South Block of the Central Secretariat buildings, which houses the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministries of Defence and External Affairs, in New Delhi.

Now academics in government-funded institutions will need External Affairs Ministry clearance for organising, participating in conferences, seminars

The External Affairs Ministry has issued new guidelines under which government-funded academic institutions will have to take prior permission before

Former Vice President Hamid Ansari.

Hamid Ansari, whose autobiography hits the stands in January, exhorts Muslims ‘to struggle for our rights’, ‘focus on education and business, and not respond to any provocation’

Interview with M. Hamid Ansari, former Vice President of India, on his latest book.

At Singhu in Delhi on February 4. The placard proclaims that farmers will vanquish the government’s arrogance and will not compromise on their rights.

A tale of two protests: farmers’ protest and Shaheen Bagh

While the government has shown more willingness to engage with the protesting farmers than it did in the case of the Shaheen Bagh sit-in, nothing has

At the Red Fort on January 26, when a group of protesters tried to fix a religious flag along with a farmers’ union flag. The Indian flag flew stately behind, but a section of the media portrayed it as supplanting the national flag with the others.

Prejudice on show in the media coverage of farmers' rally on Republic Day

The emphasis in the media coverage of the untoward incidents on Republic Day was on drama, histrionics and hyperbole.

Rajiv Kapoor, a 2017 photograph.

Rajiv Kapoor, youngest son of Raj Kapoor, passes away

More than three decades after he was last seen on the silver screen, Rajiv Kapoor was all set to make a comeback with Ashutosh Gowariker’s

Ved Mehta in New Delhi on January 11, 2014.

Ved Mehta: Painter of words

Famed for introducing the Western reader to India, the prolific writer Ved Mehta (1934-2021) may have lost his vision at the age of three but was gift

D.N. Jha, former Professor of History, University of Delhi.

Prof D.N. Jha (1940-2021), a rare historian who wore his knowledge with ease

He was the most modest of men. He carried himself with the old world warmth and simplicity. A treasure trove of knowledge and wisdom, he was always wi

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