Analysis | विश्‍लेषण

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Two accounts – one from the North, one from the deep South; one by a Dalit, the other by an OBC – chronicle their respective journeys from indoctrination in hatred of the ‘other’ to their eyes being opened to the truth, and their leaving the RSS and turning its fiercest critics

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Over the past decade there have been more than 3500 encounters as part of the anti-Maoist operations and nearly 2000 people have lost their lives. The police and the security forces have been allegedly involved in sexual assaults and even gang rapes. Yet, an NHRC camp to be held in Raipur has chosen to spare itself these horror stories

A large number of Indians – most of them Dalits, Adivasis and the poor – will lose their citizenship under CAA only for a few thousand refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to be accommodated, writes Vivek Sakpal

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Alakh Niranjan argues that it is imperative to oppose CAA as it designed not only to alienate the Muslims but also crush the voices of protest against upper-caste (Dwij) dominance

The recently released India State of Forest Report made the headlines for the finding that the forest cover has been increasing. The fine print of the report and other studies though suggest that the government is covering up the continuing loss of richly biodiverse forests with data on the increasing commercial monoculture plantations that leave Adivasis out of the picture, reports Goldy M. George

If the managers of the companies in the public and private sectors are to succeed, they need to be educated in the various perspectives associated with our socially diverse backgrounds. Yet, our IIM faculties appear to be bent on remaining largely upper caste

How did the exclusionary citizenship law of today come to be? Goldy M. George traces the birth of the Citizenship Act and the several amendments it underwent over the years and explains the implications of the hotly debated latest amendment