Why the NPR is inevitable despite a pause due to COVID-19 outbreak?
Though the MHA has postponed the NPR exercise due to COVID-19 outbreak, there is no reason to think it won’t happen, rather it’s needed more than ever now.
Dissent in the times of COVID-19
The human race is stunned by the unprecedented rage of a virus. Moreover, the rightwing governments are utilising the opportunity to curb democratic rights.
Why Shaheen Bagh protest shouldn’t capitulate to Coronavirus panic?
The Shaheen Bagh protest can’t capitulate to the panic-mongering over Coronavirus outbreak and Modi’s stunts because there is a bigger question in stake.
The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, and Kejriwal’s war against Shaheen Bagh
The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, invoked by Kejriwal to overthrow the Shaheen Bagh movement was used by the British colonial rulers to aid Hindu nationalism
The Delhi Police’s nexus with Hindutva is the new normal
Why the Islamophobic Delhi Police’s nexus with Hindutva fascism is no more surprising to even the staunch Nehruvian liberal who denied it until yesterday?
Attempt to shift the Shaheen Bagh protest rejected on the first day
The valiant women rejected the attempt to shift the Shaheen Bagh protest on the first day of meeting with interlocutors appointed by the Supreme Court.
Shifting the Shaheen Bagh protest site: When roads become important than people
Shifting the Shaheen Bagh protest site is the biggest concern of the Supreme Court because a road is blocked. The human beings are expendable, a road isn’t.
Nellie Massacre of 1983: More relevant than ever today
It’s important to understand what led to the 1983 Nellie massacre to intensify the struggle against the perpetrators of India’s largest anti-Muslim pogrom.
The Shaheen Bagh protesters must evade the trap laid by Amit Shah
The Shaheen Bagh protesters must tread their course very carefully as Amit Shah, by dangling the bait of “appointment”, is luring them to trap laid by him.
Delhi Police attacked the Jamia protesters, injured the democratic conscience
Delhi Police attacked the Jamia protesters with batons and chemical weapons, hit women’s private parts yet the “conscience” of many sleeps even now
Union home ministry’s NRC refusal doesn’t bring the curtain down on the episode
The Union home ministry’s NRC refusal through a reply to the Parliament doesn’t imply that the threat is over. The Modi regime didn’t retreat, it’s waiting.
‘Kill one’s reputation, kill one’s cause’: BJP and the politics of character assassination
How the strategy of character assassination is adopted by the BJP to combat the challenge thrown by Shaheen Bagh.
Sharjeel Imam, Assam and the ferocious Hindutva fascist state
The Hindutva fascist state’s attack on Sharjeel Imam is despicable and sheer witch-hunting to bully Muslim voices. Imam’s views on Assam also lacks insight.
Beyond “identity” it’s crucial to see the NRC issue from the class perspective
As the anti-NRC struggles intensify, it’s time to see the issue from a class angle and politically equip the poor, who will be most-affected, to combat it.
Which BJP leaders will go to detention centres due to an honest NRC?
If there is an honest and impartial implementation of the NRC, which BJP leaders will end up in the detention centres? Well, there are a few of them.
Javadekar’s “Jinnah wali Azadi” ranting on Shaheen Bagh is old wine in a new bottle
Javadekar’s “Jinnah wali Azadi” ranting on Shaheen Bagh is another attempt by the Modi regime and the BJP to vilify the organic struggle of the Muslim women
The Supreme Court’s CAA hearing won’t impact the grassroots struggles
Even when the Supreme Court’s CAA hearing starts, the people won’t be quite excited about it as their struggle will continue to defeat the Modi regime.
Does the CAA legalise exclusion?
Is the CAA an exclusionary law? What will be the implications of this law in Assam and the northeastern states where the Bengali Hindus face discrimination.
Is the CAA really safeguarding the Hindus and non-Muslims from the NRC?
There is a misconception that the CAA will disenfranchise Muslims. Rather, it’s the NRC, which is made mandatory by the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2003.
Women of Shaheen Bagh and Park Circus are writing a glorious chapter of anti-fascist struggle in India
The women of Shaheen Bagh and Park Circus have shown how resiliently women can trigger panic within the Hindutva fascist state and cause it severe ignominy.