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Kalpana Kannabiran
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‘Ashoka is boring – thank god’: Co-founder’s post about protests contradicts university’s own vision
Sanjeev Bikhchandani derided student protests after the controversy about the institution’s treatment of a professor.
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‘Every idea is an incitement’: Where is the line between democratic protest and sedition?
Recounting histories of courtcraft and judicial understanding on liberty for dissenters and freedom of expression.
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Bilkis Bano’s lonely battle for justice is a heartfelt cry for India to resurrect its secular values
The remission granted to men convicted of gangrape and mass murder is our defeat. It is our collective responsibility to resoundingly say ‘no more of this’.
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Beyond the hype: Why the BJP is eyeing Tamil Nadu’s most prosperous region
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The Tamil Nadu voter who views the BJP as a threat to the education system
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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‘Being coerced into joining BJP’, alleges former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
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The fight to free pregnant student activist Safoora Zargar is a battle for India’s very soul
The legitimacy of constitutional courts is imperilled by their tacit deference to indefensible state action.
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To accuse activist Harsh Mander of hate speech is to fall prey to the barbarity of false equivalence
Is this the price we pay for dissent?
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Through the clouds of protest, sightings of hope
The young, the women of Shaheen Bagh, the people of Kashmir are schooling us all about what the Constitution tells us about who we are and what we should be.
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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Babri Masjid revisited: No, we cannot just decide that it’s done and dusted and move on
We must not fall into the trap of disaggregating harms and gains by religious identity.
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Humiliation, suffering and impunity: Questions before India as a constitutional democracy
For any discussion on the meanings of justice in the country today, it is Kashmir that provides the context.
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Opinion: Supreme Court’s refusal to quash FIR against Anand Teltumbde damages the right to dissent
Slowly but surely the Indian state has shifted the burden of proof: we are all guilty until we prove we are innocent. Teltumbde stands for every one of us.
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The Reel
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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‘Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout’ review: A bland cop meets a dull case
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‘Juna Furniture’ trailer: Mahesh Manjrekar directs and stars in film about ageing
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Tokyo Sonata’, the unequal music of an emotionally distant family
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Watch: The trailer of Dibakar Banerjee’s ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ is out