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The Pangal community, which gave Manipur one of its early chief ministers and has called the region its home for the last 400 years, has had to face the brunt of the aftereffects of the tabling of the Citizens (Amendment) Bill 2016. This has come at a time when it is already educationally backward and unrepresented in public employment and government office

The judgment of the Meghalaya High Court in the recent ‘Amon Rana vs State of Meghalaya’ case openly argues for turning India into a Hindu nation, relying on distorted history and creating a false representation of the Northeast

The Centre of Study of Society and Secularism found that mob lynchings have been growing consistently since 2014. Prime Minister Modi’s mild disapproval of the act has had little effect on those indulging in it. His disapproval was not followed up with adequate action against them mandated by law

While the NRC has been projected as an exercise to keep out illegal immigrants, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 proposes to do the opposite: grant citizenship to illegal immigrants. The Bill, however, proposes to do so selectively, by keeping Muslims out of its purview

Ambedkar and Jinnah were not only contemporaries but their views on equality and partnership were more or less same. Then, why does Ambedkar’s caravan continue to march ahead while Jinnah’s has been left behind? Syed Zaigam Murtza looks for an answer

In January 2017, the Supreme Court stated that invoking religion to canvass ‘would constitute a corrupt practice sufficient to annul election’ but politicians did just that in the days that followed – in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh elections – and many of them ended up on the winning side too, writes Neha Dabhade

The right wing has yet to come to terms with a long period in history when the Mughal-Rajput interaction was the fulcrum on which political alliances were forged. This usually involved Rajput daughters being given in marriage to Mughal kings

The latest report released by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom says the federal and state governments and so-called nationalists are violating the rights of Dalits and minorities. Bapu Raut puts together a summary of the report

In a conversation with Utpalkant Anish, Jignesh Mewani emphasizes Dalit-Muslim unity. He says the leadership of Left parties needs to change its orientation, and Dalit organizations should include bread-and-butter issues in their movement. Mewani also dwells on the history, background and future of the Dalit movement