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‘Emergency Chronicles’: How NewsClick’s Prabir Purakayastha was abducted by the police as a student
An excerpt from Gyan Prakash’s ‘Emergency Chronicles’ recalls how the founder of site that was subject to raids on Tuesday faced police action in 1975.
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How JNU was conceived of as a small institution of higher learning but turned into a university
‘A Prospectus for a New University’, by Gyan Prakash, excerpted from ‘JNU Stories: The First 50 Years’.
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The Art of Solitude: In the songs of ‘Gaman’, an echo of what ‘home’ means for Mumbai’s immigrants
Muzaffar Ali’s film beautifully represented how struggling taxi drivers lived their daily life while experiencing the unhomely city.
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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The Art of Resistance: Varun Gover’s ‘Hum Kaagaz Nahin Dikhayenge’ expresses rock-steady defiance
The poem distills the protest to its essence
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It was India’s Constitution that made the Emergency possible
In ‘Emergency Chronicles’, Gyan Prakash locates the Emergency in a historical process and not as pop-up autocracy.
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BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta’s criticism of the ‘Not In My Name’ lynchings protests is pure propaganda
His screed against ‘rootless cosmopolitanism’ comes against the background of almost daily reports of violence by gau rakshaks and attacks on Muslims.
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes