Category: Society
General discussion and review of what’s happening in the society, a place for critical review of socio-economic problems
10 Years of Batla House Encounter & the Painful Death of Justice
Reading Time: 7 minutes On 19 September the Batla House encounter turned 10 years while a case related to the alleged “encounter”, in which two Muslim youth and one policeman were killed, still hangs […]
South Delhi’s Fight for Saving Trees and the Irony of Development
Reading Time: 6 minutes A massive movement of South Delhi residents and environmentalists have stalled the Modi regime’s plan to axe more than 17,000 trees in the very city that is choking due to […]
Maharashtra Plastic ban is a Stint by the BJP to Help Corporates
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Narendra Modi-led BJP government has done many stints since coming to power and almost all of the BJP-ruled states have followed the suit to match the pace of their […]
The Carcass Meat Embroil in Kolkata – A Plan to Force Vegan Diet?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Few weeks ago, the issue of carcass meat sourced from the garbage dumps of Kolkata and suburbs has captured the public discourse due to the extensive media coverage the issue […]
The Murder of Ankit Saxena and Love’s Jihad Against Hatred
Reading Time: 7 minutes The gruesome murder of a young man named Ankit Saxena by a group of Islamist fanatics in front of several onlookers at the heart of the national capital city New […]
Bilal Kawa is the Latest Victim of Hindutva Police Repression
Reading Time: 4 minutes According to the panic-struck old mother of Bilal Kawa, her son is the recent victim of the Indian security agencies, who have framed thousands of Kashmiri men, women and children […]
Comedy in Modi’s Hindutva Fascist Reign
Reading Time: 7 minutes Narendra Modi’s three and half years of governance has not only taken the country to the verge of a major economic catastrophe and unleashed the terror of cow vigilante groups […]
FIFA U17 World Cup Football and the Plight of Salt Lake’s Poor Slum Dwellers
Reading Time: 5 minutes Whenever there is an occasion of joy and fun for the rich, the poor are forced to suffer and face the music. As 10 matches of the FIFA Under 17 […]
Gauri Lankesh is Murdered but not Silenced
Reading Time: 4 minutes Firebrand anti-establishment journalist and social activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on the evening of 5 September outside her home in Bengaluru. Seven bullets were fired targeting her, of which […]
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Supporters Couldn’t Have Survived Without BJP
Reading Time: 5 minutes Gurmeet Ram Rahim ‘Insaan’, the self-styled godman, whom even Narendra Modi saluted to woo voters during the Haryana assembly election, now stands convicted of rape and is awaiting punishment from […]