Tag: INDIAN POLITICS
Celebrating the Unsung Heroes of India’s COVID-19 Response: Migrant Workers, Farmers and Tribals
Underestimated and neglected, India’s migrant workers, farmers and tribals are on the frontline of our response to the pandemic.
Bruised, Battered and Humiliated: The Story of Migrant Workers
The migrant class finds itself amid a flood of difficulties. Absent from rhetorical politics and public conscience, who will pay heed to their agonies?
The Need for a Renewed and Revised Democratic Framework in India
The article discusses the need for redefining and rethinking a democratic framework that is inclusive and in sync with the Indian sensibilities.
Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Guidelines to Check Misuse of Sedition Law
Supreme Court rejected a plea that sought guidelines to stop the sedition law from being misused.
Rajya Sabha Member Demoted for Social Media Posts against Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Parliamentarian Urujul Hasan has been demoted to a lower grade by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat for five years for his social media posts on PM Modi.
Public Safety Act Slapped on Former Jammu and Kashmir CMs Mehbooba Mufti and Omar...
Former Jammu and Kashmir CMs Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah have been booked under the draconian PSA.
Can Election Fever Justify a Decadent Political Culture?
The Delhi elections are here and we find ourselves in a decadent culture of political abuse, misogyny and hate speech. Can we stoop any lower?
Mahua Moitra Says, “CAA is an Attempt to Disenfranchise and Annihilate People.”
Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra said in Parliament that the current political discourse demonised dissent and curtailed alternate standpoints.
Professors from Azim Premji University Say, “State Repression is Vengeful and Deeply Concerning”
APU teachers and students have issued a statement condemning “undemocratic” curtailment of dissent in JNU.