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November 11, 2016
A newsroom can often be the most nerve-racking, jarring, or the most fun-filled place for a professional journalist. Given the speed at which news travels these days, it is also a place where decisions are taken in a heartbeat and executed within seconds. In all, the newsroom lies at the heart of any media organisation; be it a website or an old-school newspaper.
Not if you happen to be a...
November 11, 2016
Trump’s victory is a tremendous opportunity for Israel to immediately announce its intention to renege on the idea of establishing Palestine in the heart of the country -- Rightwing Jewish leader Naftali Bennett
Naftali Bennett, leader of the Jewish Home party, recently boasted that the national-religious camp, though only a tenth of the population, held “leadership...
November 10, 2016
Contextualizing the Secular Fabric of India and Section 123 of RP Act
The shadow of a sinister ghost lurks over the Indian polity. Opportunistic, even supremacist notions of society are being articulated by major political players and their parties, programmes and manifestos, all working decidedly against the rich tradition of India’s pluralism by narrowly using our religious and caste...
November 9, 2016
An online petition demanding withdrawal of charges pressed against the academicians and activists by Chhattisgarh police in the case of murder of a tribal villager, has been receiving support not just from India, but also from parts of world like South Africa, UK and USA.
Prof Nandini Sundar
The petition, uploaded by Prof Aparna Sundar addressed to the president, prime minister and...
November 9, 2016
The 5-member group of “concerned citizens” led by BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has submitted its findings to the Home Ministry in Delhi. This report has been released to the media too, not however receiving the coverage it deserves. The group had visited Kashmir on October 25 for three days during which it met various people from across Kashmir’s ideological divide.
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November 8, 2016
Delhi University (DU) professor Nandini Sundar, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) professor Archana Prasad and eight others were booked on Saturday for the alleged murder of a tribal villager in conflict-ridden Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
Prof Archana Prasad. Image credit: Youtube
Police said 10 persons have been booked under sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder),...
November 8, 2016
From the ‘Hindu exodus’ in July, to the ‘Surgical Strikes’ in September, to sympathetic noises for Muslim women over ‘triple talaq’ and now vows to end ‘illegal mining’, the BJP appears unsure of what to actually make its poll plank for the forthcoming state assembly polls. Or is simply testing pre-election poll waters as alignments and re-...
November 8, 2016
12 things we can't ignore as America votes.
Image credit: Vox.com
For John Berger at 90, whose uncompromising tenderness and compassion shows us how to look hard yet be full of care.
1. There should be a plural term for violences. This would let us talk about how to choose between violences. Today, this would mean judging between different ‘brands’ of violence in the...
November 7, 2016
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Mohit Pandey alleged today that Delhi Police is speaking the language of ABVP by blaming JNU students for Najeeb's disappearance.
Representational picture. Image credit: The Indian Express
Talking to SabrangIndia, Pandey slammed the police for not being efficient in investigating Najeeb’s disappearance and accused...
November 7, 2016
भोपाल में आतंकवादी गतिविधियों के आरोप में जेल में बंद आठ विचाराधीन कैदियों को कथित मुठभेड़ में मार गिराने की घटना इस तरह की फर्जी मुठभेड़ों के लंबे इतिहास का एक और नया और ताजा उदाहरण है। यह घटना इसलिए भी ज्यादा परेशान करती है कि राज्य सरकार और इसके मुख्य कर्ता-धर्ताओं की दिलचस्पी इस बात का दावा करने में नहीं है कि यह मुठभेड़ असली है। बल्कि वे इस बात पर गर्व...