ONE NATION, ONE FLAG, ONE CONSTITUTION?
ONE NATION, ONE FLAG, ONE CONSTITUTION? An Essential Guide to Dismantling Kashmir's "Special Status" The tortuous thicket of laws, constitutional provisions, presidential orders, political history and legal mystifications surrounding Article 370 and Article 35A make it difficult to navigate through…
INTERNAL? BILATERAL? INTERNATIONAL?
The tortuous thicket of laws, constitutional provisions, presidential orders, political history and legal mystifications surrounding Article 370 and Article 35A make it difficult to navigate through recent debates about its abrogation in an informed way. This series of three essays…
THE SPECTRE OF CITIZENSHIP : HISTORY & POLITICS OF NRC IN ASSAM
On the night of 31st December, 2017 the first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released in Assam. This has set off a mini-storm in the political scene of Assam, Bangladesh and West Bengal. What is the…
What Puranic historians won’t accept
A study has shown that there is no evidence of Steppe genes in Harappa according to analysis of DNA found in Rakhigarhi. This has led to the claim that Harappan civilisation was indigenous, 100% Indian, not shaped by any foreign…
40 government departments are using a social media surveillance tool – and little is known of it
The limited information publicly available on the AASMA tool suggests it can track social media profiles, devices and their locations. On August 3, the Centre withdrew its proposal of creating a Social Media Communication Hub, through which it wanted to…
‘Working People Will Make a Better World’: An Interview With Labor Historian Priscilla Murolo
Priscilla Murolo is a professor of history at Sarah Lawrence College, where she formerly directed the graduate program in Women’s History. She also teaches in the Union Leadership and Activism Master’s Program at the University of Massachusetts. Beginning in the…
Migrant detention centers in U.S.: A few accounts
Migrant detention centers in the U.S. are turning out to be an issue of debate. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence toured two detention facilities on the Texas border Friday, July 12, including a Border Patrol station where hundreds of men…
India’s mainstream media ‘delegitimising’ space of citizen journalism: Ravish Kumar
Excerpts of speech by NDTV India's Ravish Kumar on the occasion of receiving Ramon Magsaysay award India has conquered the moon. In this very proud moment, I am looking at the moon and at the ground beneath my feet simultaneously.…