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What the UGCRC Doesn’t Want Students to Read: Meena Kandasamy’s ‘Touch’
17 Aug 2019
The process began in January and many changes have been made since then.
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“FTII is not Doordarshan”
10 Aug 2019
“What have you reduced an autonomous institute to?” Bombay HC asks Centre.
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Write Down ‘I am a Miyah’: An FIR Against Poetry?
12 Jul 2019
The community being referred to is the Bengali Muslim community; and the FIR comes in the run up to July 31st, when the final list of the updated National Register of Citizens will be published.
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“History Can Never be Used to Justify Faith”: Romila Thapar
14 Jun 2019
Veteran historian Romila Thapar talked about the necessity of maintaining a distinction between history and belief and congratulated Singh on separating the historical narrative from the narrative…
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'There is Worse in Store for Dalits, Minorities And Progressive Thinkers'
25 May 2019
Oppressed groups and minorities in India have always fought tooth and nail for the right to exist.
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How the Constitution Was Built
26 Apr 2019
Rohit De’s recent book, A People’s Constitution, has received wide acclaim. The book tells the story of how India’s constitutional culture was built.
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Watch Final Solution: Rakesh Sharma’s Documentary on Gujarat Riots
16 Apr 2019
Last week, filmmaker Rakesh Sharma released his award-winning documentary Final Solution (2004) on Vimeo.
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Women For Theatre Appeal to Vote Out the Current Right-Wing Regime
10 Apr 2019
On April 4, hundreds of women joined the Women March for Change in multiple cities across India. Lawyers, farmers, transgender people, activists, and students amongst others came together against the…
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Documentary in the Age of Modi: Anand Patwardhan’s “Reason” is Out on YouTube
09 Apr 2019
On 6 April, the previews of the first two chapters from Anand Patwardhan’s documentary, “Vivek” (Reason) were released on YouTube by a handle which goes by the name of Vivek Reason.
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Re-writing History, Saffronising Education: Remembering Nangeli Lest Government Makes Us Forget
19 Mar 2019
NCERT has dropped three chapters—“Clothing: A Social History”, “History and Sport: The Story of Cricket”, “Peasants and Farmers”— from the Class 9 history textbook, titled India and the Contemporary…