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Why We Need To Reclaim Our Universities
Gundagardi se ‘azaadi’ (freedom from hooliganism), ‘ABVP se ‘azaadi’ (freedom from ABVP), ‘Maardhaad se ‘azaadi’ (freedom from violence), ‘FIR darj karo’ (file an FIR), ‘We want justice’, ‘Sanghwad se...
View Article‘Mr Prime Minister, What Happened To Your Promise Of Development?’
2014 was a year of change. A change that India was long awaiting to see. A Hindu nationalist leader rebranded himself as the ‘Man of Development’ and become the Prime Minister of India with promises to...
View ArticleSuppression Of Universities Is A Leaf Out Of British Imperialism
In the early 19th century, British cultural and social policies introduced Western education of science, economics and polity, albeit minimally, to ‘modernize’ the population of India. The Indian...
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Is Feminist Anarchy A Solution To Botched Up Abortions And Risky Pregnancies?
I would want to apologise in advance for using the ‘F word’, which is not a very popular term if one wants to pander to the sensibilities of certain readers. However, one must know that aesthetics and...
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Why Are Academic Debates Considered Dangerous But Not Goondaism?
Editor’s note: On February 21, members of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) locked down the Ramjas College seminar room and pelted stones in protest against an invitation to JNU students to...
View ArticleHow The Government Is Failing Democracy By Muting Dissent
Our plural society is going through one of its most fragile phases; the very notion of its multi-identity is under threat. The irony is that the threat is not from outsiders but from its own citizens...
View Article‘India Looks For Scapegoats In Muslims And Kashmiris’
When NATO unleashed its so-called Global War on terror, many innocent people, usually Muslims, were picked up from Muslim countries, held and tortured in the fiercest prison of the world known as...
View ArticleFrom ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ To Social Media: How Indian Political Campaigns Are...
By Vikasa Gautam: As the election fever keeps rising in Uttar Pradesh, so does the momentum of political campaigning. Whatever be the results on March 11, 2017, the marketing tools and strategies used...
View ArticleHow ABVP’s Violence And The Media’s Propaganda Manipulate Public
In the recent times, campus politics has been boiling over the issue of nationalism, the right to dissent and the right to protest. This ideological war is a clash between that of the right-wing...
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Which Exodus Is The BJP Talking About In This Ad?
The advertisement on the left is a part of a campaign by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the Uttar Pradesh elections 2017, the results of which are to be declared in March. The ad reads, “sampradayik...
View ArticleNationalism, Universities And Cultures Of Protest
What in essence defines a state, in practical terms of enforcement, is a monopoly on violence. It grants its agents immunity and separates it from any other class of citizens exhibiting its will...
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A Letter From A Muslim Sister To Her Kashmiri Hindu Brother
Dear Aditya Tikko, My Kashmiri Hindu Brother, Assalamu ‘Alaikum is just a greeting which means “Peace be unto you”, it does no harm to anyone. Being a woman I understand the pain your mother endured...
View Articleनाम-लोकपाल, रंग-पता नहीं, रूप-पता नहीं, मिलने पर सूचित करें
जी, यहाँ कोई ‘लोकपाल’ नाम का है क्या? बहुत थक गया था मैं, पसीने छूट गए थे मेरे। हर जगह खोजा उसे पर किसी को उसका पता नहीं था। जो भी हो एक बात थी, सभी को याद था कि कोई ‘लोकपाल’ था। अजीब बात थी कि किसी ने...
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What Is The Movement For Aazadi All About
It is quite legitimate for a student to think that the power holders in a nation are saviors of some sort. In a democracy it is right to think that the ruling power will come up with newer and better...
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पूर्वांचल में भाजपा-अपना दल गठबंधन को सपा का झटका
पूर्वांचल में सियासी जमीन तलाश रही भाजपा-अपना दल गठबंधन, को मतदान से ठीक कुछ ही दिन पहले करारा झटका लगा है। अपना दल की मऊ जिला की पूरी इकाई समाजवादी पार्टी में शामिल हो गई है। पूर्वांचल के कद्दावर...
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‘Millennials In Ayodhya Want Jobs, Not Ram Temple’
Ayodhya voted on February 27, but the major parties that should have spoken about development are still stuck with the mandir-masjid issues. After the demolition of the Babri Masjid, political parties...
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Love And Power To You, Gurmehar
Dear Gurmehar, I don’t know what your name means literally. However, for me, you are synonymous with courage and hope. Like a regular 20-year-old, you also must be full of life and dreams. Some dreams...
View ArticleHow Upper Caste People Are Uniting In UP To Make The Lotus Bloom
By Sajjan Kumar: “UP mein ATM (Ahir, Thakur and Muslim) ki sarkar hai (In Uttar Pradesh, Ahir, ie, Yadav, Thakur, i.e, Rajputs and Muslims rule),” a middle-aged Thakur (Rajput) respondent at Kunda,...
View ArticleWhy Has The Pakistan Government Suddenly Put Hafiz Saeed Under House Arrest?
With our experience as Indians, any positive move by Pakistan is best viewed with suspicion. The peace talks between Nawaz Sharif and Atal Bihari Vajpayee in early 1999, are a case in point. Little did...
View ArticleYes, I’m Yadav But I Don’t Necessarily Vote For SP
Yes, I am Yadav and I don’t necessarily vote for the Samajwadi Party (SP)! My name is Sadhna Yadav and I’m pursuing journalism from a very reputed institute in the country. I also belong to one of the...
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