Yearly Archives: 2017

Politicisation of the Indian Military: Why is it the talk of the town? India, by virtue of being a strong democratic institution, has taken pride...

By Murali Krishnan (New Delhi) On Tuesday, the Indian Supreme Court began its hearing in the Babri Masjid (Babri mosque) dispute. It comes seven years...

On 6 December 1992, in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya, I saw a historic mosque, standing on ground believed to be the birthplace...

Twenty five years after the Babri Masjid was demolished and violence unleashed on Muslim community in various parts of the country, AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi...

Anuradha Biyani, a medical doctor based in Dhule, Maharashtra, told journalist Niranjan Takle that Chief Justice Shah wanted her brother to give a favorable judgment to Amit Shah, the prime accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case that he was presiding upon as trial judge. Loya’s father Harkishan said his son had told him he had offers to deliver a favorable judgment in exchange for money and a house in Mumbai

The judiciary as well as the Maharashtra government tried to pass off trial judge Loya's death as natural. But Niranjan Takle, a journalist, spent months reconstructing the circumstances surrounding his death and came to the disturbing conclusion that not only was it suspicious but most likely a cold-blooded murder

ABSTRACT This article explores how the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has pursued its ideology of Hindu nationalism through educational reforms. It pays most attention to...

By Tom Treanor Muslims ''will have the position of negroes in your country'' is only one of the many things Hindu ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar...

By Audrey Truschke  The Taj Mahal is easily the most recognisable icon of modern India. The monument is a cash cow for the state, drawing...

A local court in Rajasthan acquitted six out of the nine accused in 2017 Pehlu Khan lynching case. Pehlu Khan and his two sons...

  By PUSHKAR RAJ When journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead in front of her house early last month, quite a few writers and social activists in...

Dozens have been killed since 2015 killing of Akhlaq. We tell the stories of some of the victims and their accused.

By Ram Puniyani Murder of Gauri Lankesh (5th September 2017) came as a big shock to those who uphold progressive liberal values. The same was...