As Haryana votes on May 12, a reminder of a troubling death in a police encounter in Mewat

Several eyewitnesses say Arshad Khan was shot dead at point-blank range in February. This brazen act indicates police are assured of their impunity.

Harsh Mander

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John Dayal

· May 11, 2019 · 06:30 am

2002 Gujarat riots: Why the ‘clean chit’ given to Narendra Modi does not absolve him

An excerpt from Harsh Mander’s book, ‘Between Memory and Forgetting’ that revisits the communal violence in Gujarat in 2002.

Harsh Mander

· Apr 23, 2019 · 08:30 am

By denying Hindutva terror exists despite Karkare’s work, Modi betrays constitutional principles

While some Hindutva terror accused have been acquitted in connection with blasts in 2006, 2007 and 2008, others have been convicted.

Harsh Mander

· Apr 21, 2019 · 03:30 pm

‘Hindutva terror’ acquittals expose India’s deeply compromised criminal justice system

One by one, persons credibly charged with Hindutva terror attacks since 2006 have been discharged by courts, always on grounds of shoddy police investigation.

Mohsin Alam Bhat

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Harsh Mander

· Apr 19, 2019 · 08:00 am

Githa Hariharan’s new novel is a sensitive, discomfiting meditation on caste and resistance

‘I Have Become The Tide’ asks if equality is something that oppressed people will have to continue fighting for.

Harsh Mander

· Apr 13, 2019 · 08:30 am

Reclaiming the Republic: With its manifesto, Congress has put concerns of ordinary Indians in focus

The BJP, on the other hand, has made it clear that it will fight the 2019 general elections on a divisive, communal agenda.

Harsh Mander

· Apr 06, 2019 · 12:30 pm

New justice of New India: The mob attack on Gurugram Muslim family follows a sickening pattern

As in almost every case of hate crime, the police filed a criminal complaint against the victims. They are now utterly broken.

Harsh Mander

· Apr 01, 2019 · 07:00 am

In Bihar, Muslims are facing increasing hostility and hatred after 2017

The state is proof that communal tension between Hindus and Muslims is not spontaneous. It thrives only because of politically engineered polarisation.

Natasha Badhwar

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Harsh Mander

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Navsharan Singh

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John Dayal

· Mar 17, 2019 · 08:00 am

As India sends Rohingyas back to face certain persecution in Myanmar, every Indian is complicit

The official explanation of why India is determined not to continue to give refuge to Rohingyas has legal, constitutional and moral problems.

Harsh Mander

· Feb 04, 2019 · 08:00 am

Muzaffarnagar killings: In his new book, Harsh Mander writes on the betrayals of secular parties

‘The role of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government and of other parties that claim to be “secular” require much closer investigations.’

Harsh Mander

· Jan 14, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘We always thought ourselves as Assamese’: Tinsukia killings may have changed Assam village forever

The murder of five Hindu Bengali men by armed gunmen in Kherbari village in November has left its residents anxious.

John Dayal

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Harsh Mander

· Jan 13, 2019 · 08:00 am

Opinion: Sohrabuddin Sheikh judgement betrays every principle of justice and legal procedure

The outcome throws a gloomy light on the capacity of India’s criminal justice system to secure justice for crimes in which the accused are powerful politicians.

Harsh Mander

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Sarim Naved

· Dec 29, 2018 · 09:00 am