Infirm Logic: How the SIT report gave the Modi government a free pass on the 2002 violence

HARTOSH SINGH BAL IN JUNE THIS YEAR, the Supreme Court dismissed charges of criminal conspiracy against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others in relation to the 2002 Gujarat violence. Immediately after the judgment, the Gujarat police arrested the activist Teesta Setalvad and RB Sreekumar, a former director general of the state police. Along with the former… Read More Infirm Logic: How the SIT report gave the Modi government a free pass on the 2002 violence

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Rabba Hun Kee Kariye

Hartosh Singh Bal on Ajay Bhardwaj’s film on Partition Could it be that 62 years on, the scars of the Partition violence have still not healed because there is so little voluntary admission of guilt, so much glorified victimhood? Here’s a narrative finally that trains its gaze at the perpetrators. Here’s a narrative finally that… Read More Rabba Hun Kee Kariye

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Standing Still

The absence of justice for the Maliana massacre is a blot on our democracy PRABHJIT SINGH It has been thirty-five years since 72 Muslims were brutally killed in the small town of Maliana, in Uttar Pradesh, during communal violence in Meerut district. Their families still await even the first glimmer of justice. The Maliana case,… Read More Standing Still

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The Indian media @75 is politically imprisoned and shackled by profit

P SAINATH Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lockdown speech of 24 March 2020 gave a nation of 1.4 billion people four hours to shut itself down. It would devastate hundreds of millions of livelihoods within days. Minutes after Modi’s speech, his government listed the essential services that would remain operational through the lockdown. Refreshingly, they included “print… Read More The Indian media @75 is politically imprisoned and shackled by profit

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Teesta Setalvad gets interim bail in 2002 Gujarat riots case

Activist Teesta Setalvad was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court on Friday in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots case.Teesta Setalvad is accused of drafting false statements of witnesses and submitting them before the Nanavati commission set up to investigate the riots. Granting interim bail to Teesta Setalvad, the Supreme Court asked her to… Read More Teesta Setalvad gets interim bail in 2002 Gujarat riots case

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‘Corrupt as hell’: Demands surge for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign amid new details of wife’s election scheming

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faced fresh calls to step down Thursday after new reporting revealed that his wife’s involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election was broader than previously known, extending to the battleground state of Wisconsin as well as Arizona. Emails obtained by the Washington Post and the organization Documented show that Ginni Thomas, a… Read More ‘Corrupt as hell’: Demands surge for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign amid new details of wife’s election scheming

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When did everything become ‘awesome’ and ‘amazing’? I blame the Americans

NB: Well spoke. I feel the same way about the use of ‘fuck‘ and ‘fucking‘ as force multipliers in speech, not to mention ‘shit‘ as in ‘get your shit together‘, etc etc. And as for ‘narrative‘ as a substitute for every verbal enunciation, including ‘version‘, ‘story‘, ‘account‘, ‘description‘, the less said the better. We can… Read More When did everything become ‘awesome’ and ‘amazing’? I blame the Americans

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