The aim of these meetings is to throw down a gauntlet as a form of 'harmless' play, to see if the shock quotient can be met or escalated.
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The Filtered Light of Freedom
A poem on the release on bail of activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha.
A Son Erased: The Forgotten Habeas Corpus of A Missing Queer Man
After his gay son went missing in January 2019, one father has witnessed nothing but state apathy.
His Blood Was Red Too
A poem written in the wake of the attacks on the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Student Protests: Rewriting Justice by Turning Fiction Into Fact
The Komal Sharmas are left free but someone like Safoora Zargar, who fought for democracy and love, is behind bars.
Training and Gear, Not Lathi-Charges, Would Help the Police Fight COVID-19
Brutality, aside from being illegal, is simply counterproductive. It will alienate people from being part of joint effort between the state and citizens to halt the spread of this …
A Letter to My Parents: Thank You for Giving Me ‘Azaadi’ at Home
You might not agree with everything I believe in, but you never took away my right to speak, the right to pursue my politics and most importantly, my right …
No Shirts, Hijab, Roza: Students Find New Ways to Protest CAA
While some non-Hindus are wearing skullcaps and hijabs, others are observing roza to counter PM's comment on identifying protestors by their clothes.
Meet Shadab Farooq, the Jamia Student Who Took a Bullet Last Week
Shadab Farooq, the Jamia Millia Islamia student who found himself facing a gun on January 30 only to walk up to the man wielding it in an effort to calm …
‘Trauma for Life’: Jamia’s Night of Horrors Continues to Haunt Students
More than a month since the traumatic night where Delhi police brutally barged onto campus, students are suffering from anxiety and insomnia.