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Arvind Narrain
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‘India’s Undeclared Emergency’: Can forms of dissent rooted in culture and religion be revived?
An excerpt from ‘India’s Undeclared Emergency: Constitution and the Politics of Resistance’, by Arvind Narrain.
Arvind Narrain
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Violating the rights of older persons: Why Stan Swamy’s continued detention is so unjust
The activist, by virtue of his age as well as his health condition, should be detained – if at all – only within his home.
Arvind Narrain
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When Gandhi put the entire colonial system on trial after being charged with sedition
The 1922 case shows why India should have discarded the archaic law after Independence.
Arvind Narrain & Poorna Ravishankar
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‘Media, politicians totally clueless’: Sudhir Chaudhary on Zee News before leaving the channel
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Questions arise when police arrest Mohammed Zubair, but not Nupur Sharma, says retired SC judge
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How the Modi government has weaponised the ED to go after India’s Opposition
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‘You are immortalised in our hearts’: A cellmate’s letter to Stan Swamy on his death anniversary
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Muslim eatery owner arrested in UP for packing meat dishes in newspaper with images of Hindu deities
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UN human rights chief’s CAA plea puts the spotlight on India’s international law obligations
The High Commissioner for Human Rights has sought to file an intervention in the petition challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Arvind Narrain
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Like Indians battled to overturn law criminalising homosexuality, we must fight sedition statute
The cases against 51 people at an LGBT event in Mumbai show why it’s time for the colonial-era to be scrapped.
Arvind Narrain
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How the Centre’s bill to protect the rights of transgender people will actually hurt them
Transgender and intersex groups describe the bill as a ‘massively diluted, criminalising and pathologising text’.
Arvind Narrain
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‘Market price is very high’: Inflation in Pakistan pushes up prices for sacrificial cattle this Eid
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Caught on camera: Black balloons released near PM Modi’s helicopter in Andhra Pradesh
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Watch: Rapper Drake joins Backstreet Boys to perform ‘I Want It That Way’ at Toronto concert
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Watch: Eco-activists glue themselves to frame of painting at National Gallery in London
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Watch: Man laid off from job builds outdoor resort for birds to eat, play, and drink water