Today, Umar Khalid completes a thousand days behind bars. Three summers and winters ago, we were robbed of the colours that seasons bring with them, when our lives were …
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Why Siddique Kappan’s Pledge To Fight Against Draconian Laws Is Important for Journalism
Laws such as UAPA have not only been used to criminalise journalist but also to create a chilling effect on journalists.
Citing Covid Burden, NCERT Drops Mentions of Caste Discrimination From Sociology Textbook
These deletions from the Class XII textbook are among the series of other prominent removals and revisions – including the 2002 Gujarat riots, Emergency, Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision of building …
After Nearly 6 Months in Custody and a Month After Bail, 3 Kashmiri Students Released From Agra Jail
The three students had been arrested for allegedly celebrating the Pakistan cricket team's win over India in October and were subsequently charged with sedition, among other crimes.
Saffron Is Spreading – Because Nothing Spreads Faster Than the Stench of Fear
A poem about the rise of Hindutva politics – and the ways we can resist its onset.
Why Should I Be Brave When Being Timid Is Comfortable?
This satirical poem takes on our society's silence.
Censorship in the Times of Hindutva
The threat of censorship is brandished at any publication that unsettles the government and its perverse, often misplaced sense of morality.