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Why will Gandhi fail now?Why will Gandhi fail now?

Why will Gandhi fail now?

MK Gandhi's posters are everywhere in these turbulent, agitated times - in an India that seems more divided than 1947…

5 years ago
CAA protests: When will Congress get its act together?CAA protests: When will Congress get its act together?

CAA protests: When will Congress get its act together?

Congress and other conventional parties are staring at irrelevance if they do not creatively step up their participation. The coming…

5 years ago
‘I was assaulted amidst slogans of Bharat Mata ki Jai’‘I was assaulted amidst slogans of Bharat Mata ki Jai’

‘I was assaulted amidst slogans of Bharat Mata ki Jai’

A journalism student narrates the horrifying account of being assaulted by goons near the main gate of JNU on January…

5 years ago
‘The street is a symbol that can mobilise people’‘The street is a symbol that can mobilise people’

‘The street is a symbol that can mobilise people’

Suchitra Vijayan of The Polis Project, New York in conversation with Amit Sengupta on the current mass movement in India.

5 years ago
Why was the Davinder Singh case transferred to NIA?Why was the Davinder Singh case transferred to NIA?

Why was the Davinder Singh case transferred to NIA?

The speed at which Davinder Singh’s case was handed over to the NIA should surprise many. What was the purpose…

5 years ago
Terror plot on Republic Day: Will the government tell the real story?Terror plot on Republic Day: Will the government tell the real story?

Terror plot on Republic Day: Will the government tell the real story?

The arrest of a top cop in Kashmir in a terror plot along with terrorists opens a can of worms…

5 years ago
Citizen Amendment Bill: institutionalising divisionCitizen Amendment Bill: institutionalising division

Citizen Amendment Bill: institutionalising division

So why leave out the persecuted communities of Ahmediyas, Sufis, Shias in Pakistan, or the Tamils in Sri Lanka, and…

5 years ago
JNU: Relentless Struggle for the Right to EducationJNU: Relentless Struggle for the Right to Education

JNU: Relentless Struggle for the Right to Education

JNU has always walked in solidarity with the downtrodden in their struggles. The administration wants to kill its progressive essence…

5 years ago
Ayodhya: A Solomonic Judgment, Not Quite ClosureAyodhya: A Solomonic Judgment, Not Quite Closure

Ayodhya: A Solomonic Judgment, Not Quite Closure

The Solomonic verdict by the Supreme Court will not help in halting the march of victimisation in India.

5 years ago
‘Ancient Indians were compulsively carnivorous’‘Ancient Indians were compulsively carnivorous’

‘Ancient Indians were compulsively carnivorous’

Historian and archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri speaks to Amit Sengupta.

5 years ago