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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.
Newsclick Report
Assam NRC: Close to 10,000 People Face Omission; Contempt of Court, says Congress
17 Oct 2020
With elections in Assam due in April or May, the NRC has raised its ugly head again, with observers of the opinion that the move is about assuaging sentiments on the ground.
Peoples Dispatch
Trump Administration Targets China, Revives Red Scare era Immigration Laws
06 Oct 2020
Recently notified naturalization and residence policy guidelines in the United States specify the use of a century-old law to disqualify individuals associated with any communist party.
Namrata Joshi
Revisiting Mumbai Meri Jaan: Hope and Despair in a Tea Cup
26 Aug 2020
We, the citizens of India, are still the quintessential chicken in the film, with too many hawks on as many fronts to battle with.
Newsclick/PTI
COVID-19: CBSE ‘Rationalises’ Syllabus, Chapters on Secularism, Nationalism and Demonetisation Sacrificed
08 Jul 2020
The move by the HRD ministry was to decrease the course load for the students, and lessons on democracy and diversity, demonetisation, nationalism, secularism, India's relations with its neighbours…
Indrajit Roy
Universal Basic Income: Shared Citizenship in Times of Crisis
01 Apr 2020
All, irrespective of wealth, income and employment status must receive exactly the same amount of cash—without compromising welfare programs.
ICF Team
When No Documents Will Serve To Prove Citizenship
26 Feb 2020
Under the terms of the NRC, any one of fourteen documents will suffice to establish a claim to citizenship. However, the fifteen official documents that Jabeda Begum submitted in support of her claim…
Newsclick Report
Burden of Proving Citizenship on Claimant: Gauhati HC
25 Feb 2020
Nur Begum and Jabeda Begum had produced eight and 14 documents, respectively, supporting their plea challenging the orders of Foreigners Tribunals, which had declared them foreigners/illegal…