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Gautam Patel
Citizenship and Fundamental Rights
25 Aug 2021
In On Citizenship, published by Aleph Book Company, four of India’s finest public intellectuals — Romila Thapar, N. Ram, Gautam Bhatia and Gautam Patel — go deep into key aspects of what constitutes…
Gautam Bhatia
Citizenship and Constitution
15 Aug 2021
In On Citizenship, four of India’s finest public intellectuals go deep into key aspects of what constitutes citizenship in India, an issue that has lately been the subject of furious public debate,…
Sabrang India
Citizenship Should Ordinarily be Decided on Merit Rather Than by Default: Gauhati HC
30 Jul 2021
The court observed this while dealing with a petition challenging an ex parte order declaring the petitioner to be a foreigner and remanded the case for reconsideration.
Newsclick Report
MP: Pakistani Refugees Demand Citizenship Process be Sped up on World Refugees Day
21 Jun 2021
A large number of Pakistani refugees, mostly Sindhi Hindus, live on the outskirts of Bhopal's Bairagarh locality. According to official sources, between 300 and 400 refugees have been living in…
Darshana Mitra
Citizen to Criminal: Citizenship Determination in India and the Limits of Due Process
04 Feb 2021
The three-pronged idea of citizenship germinating at the constitutional moment as status, rights and identity, have undergone significant transformations since the Constitution was drafted.
Abdul Kalam Azad, M. Mohsin Alam Bhat, Harsh Mander
Citizenship as Public Good
31 Jan 2021
The India Exclusion Report 2019-2020, jointly produced by Centre for Equity Studies and Three Essays Collective, carries in depth studies on various aspects of socio-economic exclusion in India.
Manav Kapur
Evacuee or Citizen? Minority Citizenship and Property Rights in 1950s India
31 Jan 2021
The cut-off date specified in the permit system was carried forward into Article 6 of India’s Constitution.
Anupama Roy
CAA 2019 and the Spectre of National Citizenship
26 Jan 2021
The three-pronged idea of citizenship germinating at the constitutional moment as status, rights and identity, have undergone significant transformations since the Constitution was drafted.
Anees Zargar
Denied Citizenship for a Decade, ‘Stateless’ Pak-origin Women in J&K Ask to be Deported
04 Jan 2021
Hundreds of women in J&K, many of whom came from Pakistan administered Kashmir with their husbands--former militants returning in hope of rehabilitation, have been living without citizenship.
Hasina Khan, Rishika Jain
Muslims and Mental Health: Talking About Discrimination and Violence
13 Nov 2020
The atrocities faced by the Muslim community adversely affects their mental well-being, but psychologists and therapists are behind the curve.