Here is why it’s important to address the question of caste and religion in India
Recognising caste, religion, or ethnicity in crime reporting is not about creating divisions but about capturing the full impact of the violence.
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22 YouTube Channels Blocked Over ‘Anti-India’ Content
In an official statement, the ministry said it issued an order on Monday to block 22 YouTube channels, three Twitter accounts, one Facebook account and one news website.
Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender Khurram Parvez
Khurram Parvez has worked extensively to document serious human rights violations, including enforced disappearances and unlawful killings, in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In his search for accountability, Parvez has been the victim of a number of incidents of reprisals reportedly for sharing this information with the United Nations, as documented in various reports of the Secretary-General and communications from UN special procedures mandate holders.
The Collective Silence on the Law Targeting Muslims Christians and Women
On Friday March 4, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Haryana introduced the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Bill, 2022 in the Vidhan Sabha. This step by the Haryana government follows similar moves by Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka, all BJP run states. These have been later passed as laws.
On 20th Anniversary of the Gujarat Genocide, Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt writes:
Today marks 20 years of a fight you did not pick, a fight, which was thrust upon you, which snatched away all that you held dear to your heart .. but even in the face of the impossible, you kept fighting, every single second of each passing day.
Serious Criminal Charges Against 17% Of Candidates Polling In Phase 3 of UP Elections 2022
As many as 135, or 22%, of the 623 candidates contesting in the third phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh have criminal cases against them, non-profit organisation the Association for Democratic Reforms said on Tuesday. It also said that 103, or 17%, have serious criminal cases like those of murder, kidnapping and rape registered against them.
तय करो किस ओर हो तुम?
मैं पितृसत्ता के किसी भी औज़ार के साथ नहीं हूँ, पर मैं शिक्षा के हक़ में हूँ क्योंकि मुझे पता है कि इसी शिक्षा से हम एक दिन पितृसत्ता के उन तमाम औजारों को तोड़ डालेंगे। मैं शिक्षा के अपने हक़ को मांगती उस लड़की के साथ हूँ। अब, तय आपको करना है कि आप आखिर किस ओर हैं?
Excerpt from Rahul Gandhi’s Speech to Understand what is Troubling BJP?
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday delivered a speech in Lok Sabha in which he criticised PM Modi and the government on various issues. Talking about Ashoka, Rahul Gandhi said nowhere in the history a rule by the stick which he claimed that the BJP is doing has worked. The stick has always been smashed, Rahul Gandhi said.
Declare India ‘Hindu Rashtra’, Questionable Remarks Made in UP’s Prayagraj Dharma Sansad
Scores of seers and saints camping at Magh Mela on the sandy banks of the river Ganga on Saturday raised a demand for declaring India a Hindu nation, treating Subhash Chandra Bose as the first Prime Minister of the country and capital punishment for conversion which should be treated as treason.
500 Days Behind Bars, Prosecutor Cited Example of 9/11 to Oppose Rightful Bail Plea of Umar Khalid
Opposing the bail plea of Umar Khalid, an accused in Anti Muslim Northeast Delhi violence case, a Special Public Prosecutor on Friday brought the example of the 9/11 attack in the US.