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Boishakhi Jan 10, 2021

Rather than a model I would call Gujarat a puzzle: Jean Drèze
https://scroll.in/article/983334/why-does-poor-west-bengal-have-healthier-children-than-rich-gujarat

Why does poor West Bengal have healthier children than rich Gujarat?

Quality of life seems to have more do with social factors in India than economic growth.

Boishakhi Dec 14, 2019

‘Wanted our voice to reach miles’: Meet Jamia Millia Islamia’s three girls from the photograph from the protest against Citizenship amendment bill.
https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-wanted-our-voice-to-reach-miles-meet-jamia-millia-islamias-three-students-from-viral-photo/344126

'Wanted Our Voice To Reach Miles': Meet Jamia Millia Islamia's Three Girls Protesting Against Citizenship Act

Students and other concerned citizens shared it rapidly on the Internet, making it an instant hit.

Boishakhi Dec 9, 2019

“The combined effect of CAB and NRIC is to deny to Muslims equal moral membership in the polity. In the history of the 20th century, such legally-sanctioned regimes of discrimination have been seen before: In fascist states, the epitomes of morally and ethically bankrupt regimes.”
Proposed citizenship law is immoral, will unleash a legally-sanctioned regime of discrimination:
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/citizenship-amendment-bill-union-cabinet-strangers-in-their-own-land-6154534/

Strangers in their own land

Proposed citizenship law is immoral, will unleash a legally-sanctioned regime of discrimination

The Indian Express

Boishakhi Dec 7, 2019

Priya Ramani: ‘I spoke because women before me spoke up. I spoke so people after me can speak up’. #MeToo
https://scroll.in/article/945993/priya-ramani-i-spoke-because-women-before-me-spoke-up-i-spoke-so-people-after-me-can-speak-up

Priya Ramani: ‘I spoke because women before me spoke up. I spoke so people after me can speak up’

The journalist delivered the keynote address at the Goa Literature Festival on Thursday.

Boishakhi Dec 7, 2019

Prasanna S

Dec 6, 2019

The Telengana State Government has to be dismissed under Article 356 now, pending a probe into this encounter.

If they have the daring to do this under such intense media scrutiny in the case, imagine the atrocities they perpetrate in other cases!

Boishakhi Dec 7, 2019

“So all that the state will do in the name of ensuring that women live as equal and free citizens is to add to its arsenal of unlimited arbitrary violence”
Leading Women Lawyers Slam Hyderabad Encounter, Ask for Police Accountability.
https://thewire.in/law/telangana-encounter-women-lawyers/

Leading Women Lawyers Slam Hyderabad Encounter, Ask for Police Accountability

“So all that the state will do in the name of ensuring that women live as equal and free citizens is to add to its arsenal of unlimited arbitrary violence!”

Boishakhi Dec 6, 2019

Pranitha survived a 2008 acid attack in Warangal when she was 20. Three men accused of the attack were killed in an ‘encounter’. But she says: “If the death of the accused in my case was a deterrent, attack on Nirbhaya or Disha would not have happened.” https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/hyderabad-encounter-rape-accused-killed-telangana-warangal-2008_in_5de9ceb6e4b0d50f32b13df6

Woman At Centre Of 2008 Warangal Encounter: Killing Accused Does Not Ensure ‘Justice'

As the four men accused of raping and murdering a young veterinarian in Hyderabad were killed in a police encounter on Friday, T. Pranitha reflects on the horror of 2008 and the aftermath.

Boishakhi Dec 1, 2019

nitin sethi Dec 1, 2019

#ElectoralBonds Scandal:Modi govt's bizarre justification: Corporates should be allowed to donate secretly because they have a Right to Life under the Constitution which overrides citizens' right to info. and is equal to citizen's right to secret ballot! https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/specials/sunday-spotlight/electoral-bonds-the-great-fraud-781421.html?__twitter_impression=true

Electoral Bonds: The great fraud

That electoral bonds – a legalised route for donors to secretly provide limitless funds to political parties – are principally antithetical to a healthy electoral democracy and fundamentally designed to tilt money power in favour of the governing political party has been proven conclusively.

Boishakhi Nov 30, 2019

National security cannot bar adjudication of fundamental rights: Former SC judge Madan Lokur
https://caravanmagazine.in/law/madan-lokur-interview-national-security-cannot-bar-adjudication-of-fundamental-rights

National security cannot bar adjudication of fundamental rights: Former SC judge Madan Lokur

The former Supreme Court judge cites a number of irregularities in the SC's handling of two habeas-corpus writs on preventive detentions in Kashmir.

Boishakhi Nov 29, 2019

“People like us put in our everything to participate in the NRC process and its multiple steps… How many times do we have to prove our Indian citizenship? Isn’t it better you kill us all rather than this non-stop harassment?”
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/new-nrc-how-many-times-do-we-prove-citizenship-6142063/

New NRC: ‘How many times do we prove citizenship?’

The ruling BJP has been raising questions over the NRC list that came out on August 31, particularly the exclusion of a large number of Hindus from it.

The Indian Express