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Guest post by DIPANKAR BHATTACHARYA This piece was originally published in Bangla in the Ananda Bazar Patrika and has been translated into English by Arundhati Ghosh “Freedom – you are a room in the garden, the song of the koel, the sun drenched leaves of the old banyan tree, the page of my book of … Continue reading The Subjugated Subjects of a Free Country and The Creation of the New Colony: Dipankar Bhattacharya →

This statement was issued by concerned citizens Prevent Government takeover of Gandhian Institutions: The Ashram Gandhi’s Ashram at Ahmedabad, known as Sabarmati Ashram, is an unusual monument of international importance. It was Gandhi’s home from 1917 to 1930. He led the famous Dandi March from the Ashram and pledged not to return to the Ashram … Continue reading SABARMATI ASHRAM IN DANGER – A SECOND ASSASSINATION? STATEMENT BY CONCERNED CITIZENS →

Guest post by SUMAN SENGUPTO এক গুপ্তচর এসে পড়েছে আমাদের জীবনে, যে  আমাদের সমস্ত গতিবিধি, কথোপকথনের ওপর নজর রাখছে। আজকে আর নতুন করে নিশ্চিত বলে দিতে হবে না, কে বা কারা এই গুপ্তচরবৃত্তি করেছে  এবং তাঁদের এই গুপ্তচরবৃত্তির উদ্দেশ্যই বা কি ?  কারণ, সংবাদপত্রের খবরের দৌলতে এই গুপ্তচরের নাম, কিভাবে কাজ করে তা মোটামুটি আজকে … Continue reading বিগ ব্রাদার সব দেখা

Guest post by CP GEEVAN On June 18 (Sunday evening in India), freedom-loving people across the world were shocked by the revelations of how a highly sophisticated and expensive digital technology, named Pegasus, a spyware sold by Israeli company NSO Group, has been systematically abused for years to spy on journalists, human rights defenders, academics, … Continue reading Hacking India’s Democracy – From Monitoring Metadata to Spying Real Time: C.P. Geevan →

Guest post by Chandra Sekhar All images courtesy the author Background Bodikonda is a monolithic stone hill in Lakshminarayanapuram village in Parvathipuram mandal in Vizianagaram district. This has been in the news on and off over the last two years or so, because local people have been protesting the lease given to private companies for … Continue reading Field report from protest against granite mining at Bodikonda: Chandra Sekhar →

Guest Post by NABIYA KHAN Our valiant young activists, defenders of democracy, continue to be in prison for almost a year – some a bit more and some a bit less. All under entirely framed charges, while the actual perpetrators of violence continue to roam free, spreading hate. Celebrating the commitment and courage of these … Continue reading A Poem For Umar, Khalid Saifi and Other Political Prisoners: Nabiya Khan →

Open letter to Prime Minister by Constitutional Conduct Group Dear Prime Minister, We are former officers of the All India and Central Services who have worked with the Central and State Governments in the course of our careers.

[We are publishing below the full response of Concerned Historians to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, regarding certain proposed changes.] RESPONSE OF CONCERNED HISTORIANS On the CALL FOR REVISIONS IN SCHOOL HISTORY BOOKS IN INDIA To be shared with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education pertaining to school history books.

Several courts have tried to reign in states bent on holding religious events during the pandemic. Judiciary must more proactively prevent them as the third wave approaches. Simple things need retelling when society is in a state of flux. The fact that India is a republic—has been one for more than 70 years—where sovereignty rests … Continue reading Governments Must Implement the Constitution, Not Religious Texts →

A statement signed by 900 individuals and groups We, the undersigned women’s rights groups and concerned individuals are outraged by the reprehensible targeting of Muslim women on GitHub, a free web platform, where Twitter handles, and photographs of Muslim women were uploaded with the explicit aim of directing sexualised hate and harm at these women. … Continue reading An open letter demanding action on the online targeting of Muslim women →