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Transforming Dalit lives
The Telangana government’s Dalit Bandhu scheme envisions the financial empowerment of Dalit families and hopes to nurture a spirit of entrepreneurship
Ravi Sharma
Gyanvapi Controversy
CONTROVERSY | Is the Gyanvapi mosque case part of a push for something bigger?
While the moulding of the historically multireligious Varanasi’s image as a purely Hindu centre was a colonial scheme, pushing the Gyanvapi mosque cas
Divya Trivedi,
Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Gyanvapi Mosque Case
Push comes to shove: Events leading up to Gyanvapi mosque survey raises questions
The events leading up to a local court’s order for a survey of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque premises are of a piece with the Sangh Parivar’s actions so
Purnima S. Tripathi
Gyanvapi Mosque Case
‘We are hopeful of a positive outcome’
Interview with Alok Kumar, international working president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
Divya Trivedi
Gyanvapi Mosque Case
‘Shivling not mentioned in survey report’
Interview with S.M. Yaseen, Anjuman Intezamiya Masjid Managing Committee.
Divya Trivedi
Custodial death in Chennai
Spectre of brutality: Custodial death in Chennai shocks Tamil Nadu
The custodial death of a Dalit youth in Chennai again sparks outrage and highlights the urgent need to humanise the police force.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
LIVELIHOOD ISSUES
Forced out of homes in Chhattisgarh, Adivasis now face second displacement from Telangana
A section of the tribal people who were forced to migrate out of their home State of Chhattisgarh face the prospect of another displacement with Telan
Divya Trivedi
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