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‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’: On hurt religious sentiments, India would do well to heed this film’s title
The 1983 movie, most famous for its Mahabharat scene, was released a month after Kissi Se Na Kehna of ‘Hanuman Hotel’ infamy.
Rohan Banerjee
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Can't be compared to Perumal Murugan, says Malayalam writer who burnt his book after sedition charge
Kamal C Chavara, who was detained last year for allegedly insulting the national anthem, said on Facebook that he no longer wishes to live as a writer.
TA Ameerudheen
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Orwellian state: Does independent India use the Raj's sedition law even more than the British did?
Sikh separatists, Arun Jaitley and Hardik Patel are only a few recent examples. The colonial sedition law has been used enthusiastically in modern India to muzzle democratic dissent.
Shoaib Daniyal
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Unnatural sex between husband and wife not rape, woman’s consent immaterial: Madhya Pradesh HC
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Why is the 2024 Congress manifesto silent on pushing back against majoritarianism? History has clues