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Githa Hariharan
Gauri Speaks in 2020
10 Sep 2020
In 2019, the election results emboldened the Hindu supremacists to go all out.
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Rowling, Atwood, Rushdie Among Over 150 Writers Warn Against Rising ‘Forces of Illiberalism’
09 Jul 2020
“The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away,” says an open letter.
Suhit K Sen
Demonising Dissent, Infantilising Society
28 Jun 2020
The suppression of atheism, rationalism and humanism in India and the world.
Githa Hariharan
“The Moral Stature of Cultural Institutions Has Gone Down”
14 May 2019
Renowned poet Ashok Vajpeyi speaks to writer Githa Hariharan for the Indian Cultural Forum about the relationship between art, politics and institutions.
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Netizens Question Mamata Banerjee’s “Intolerance” over Arrest for Social Media Post
13 May 2019
Supreme Court will hear BJP worker Sharma’s plea against her arrest on May 14.
Indian Cultural Forum
“The Return of Awards in 2015 Still Rattles Those in Power”
07 May 2019
Renowned poet Ashok Vajpeyi speaks to writer Githa Hariharan for the Indian Cultural Forum about the role of writers in speaking up against intolerance and hate politics over the last five years —…
Kanika Katyal
Amol Palekar: “Why are we still silent about this?”
11 Feb 2019
This gesture of restricting an artist's speech to issues of the aesthetic not only implies that artists can have no opinion on state or other matters except for their art, but also that they hold no…
Abdul Alim Jafri
Will Bomb ‘Intolerant’ Brigade, Says UP BJP MLA
05 Jan 2019
The BJP leader further justified that this was his routine language, and that others in his village spoke in the same manner. His utterances give a glimpse into the battleground that Uttar Pradesh is…
Indian Cultural Forum
Writers Against Self-censorship
23 Jul 2018
"We have to fight the hounding of writers with every word we have..." Statement from the Indian Writers' Forum
The Citizen Bureau
“The Struggle Will Continue” : Swami Agnivesh From Hospital Bed
18 Jul 2018
Agnivesh being flown to AIIMS for treatment today