Modi government’s partisan misuse of institutions has pushed the Indian republic to the brink

Excerpts from Harsh Mander’s JB D’Souza Memorial Lecture to mark the birth centenary of the former civil servant.

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· Aug 18, 2021 · 06:30 am

Harsh Mander: Will we learn anything from the mass pyres and floating bodies?

The pandemic has starkly revealed that India has failed to provide even basic health-care to the majority of its citizens.

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· Aug 01, 2021 · 06:30 am

Harsh Mander: The ‘love jihad’ bogey in Kashmir is another attempt to deny women freedom of choice

This hate propaganda assumes that adult women who consent to relationships with Muslims are gullible and must be rescued by gallant men.

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· Jul 10, 2021 · 09:00 am

The song of a caged bird: A tribute to Fr Stan Swamy

His death is institutional murder by the Indian criminal justice system.

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· Jul 07, 2021 · 06:30 am

After fire in Delhi camp, Rohingya refugees say all they want is a place of safety

The blaze on June 12 was the fifth fire in the settlement in nine years.

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Oishika Neogi

· Jun 22, 2021 · 06:30 am

Harsh Mander: Six months on, India’s protesting farmers are creating history

As important as what they are fighting for is how they have chosen to fight.

Harsh Mander

· May 30, 2021 · 06:30 am

Assam’s youngest legislator shows how elections can be won even with truth, love and poetry

Ashraful Hussain’s story demonstrates that even with flaws in Indian democracy, it is still possible for youth from marginalised groups to get elected.

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· May 16, 2021 · 07:30 am

Harsh Mander: A lesson in how to end the mass suffering unleashed by India’s first lockdown

A report by the collective Hunger Watch reveals the extent of continuing hunger caused by state policy, and recommends ways to end the distress.

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· May 14, 2021 · 06:30 am

Harsh Mander: Shaheen Bagh and the politics of love

The Delhi protest site became a model for democratic struggle, developing a vocabulary of love as resistance, and confident, equal citizenship.

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· Sep 29, 2020 · 06:30 am

We will not be silenced: Harsh Mander on the Delhi violence case

The truth is being ripped into shreds and reimagined to create the mythology of a conspiracy of hate, violence and insurrection.

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· Sep 09, 2020 · 07:30 am

The smoke of conspiracies: The targeting of Professor Apoorvanand

The Delhi University Hindi professor has faced a barrage of media attacks claiming he is a key figure in a conspiracy to spark riots in the city in February.

Harsh Mander

· Aug 16, 2020 · 06:30 am

Delhi riots: For survivors of the violence, a return to normalcy is only a pipe dream

How a group of volunteers tried to help victims access relief and justice.

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· Aug 14, 2020 · 09:00 am