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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.
Kalpana Kannabiran
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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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Trending
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Seven firms that failed drug quality tests gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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Modi government’s insurance scheme pushes hospitals into debt – threatening patient admissions
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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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Video
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Watch: Actor Vijay’s car is damaged after thousands of fans throng to meet him in Trivandrum
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‘Time to forget about it’: Miriam Margolyes, who acted in ‘Harry Potter’ films, tells adult fans
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Watch: Protestors lie on the ground together along the seashore in Spain to represent Gaza victims
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Watch: From Sonu Nigam to Shilpa Rao, prominent singers sing ‘Yaaron Dosti’ in a tribute to KK
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Watch: Pilot makes a special announcement with baby daughter to celebrate her first flight with him
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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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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’