Nothing reveals better the depths to which we have sunk as a nation and a polity than the remission granted to the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, and the events surrounding this depraved decision. One can’t help but notice that the muted reaction to the release of these rapists/ murderers is in sharp… Read More Avay Shukla on the Bilkis Bano case: How much further can we sink as a Nation?
Bharat Bhushan The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), being shaped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and trusted lieutenant Home Minister Amit Shah, neither forgives nor forgets. This is reiterated by the decision to drop senior leader Nitin Gadkari from the party’s Parliamentary Board, and its Central Election Committee regardless of how the move is read….… Read More Gadkari done and dusted: Who’s next?
Prem Shankar Jha Eight years into government by Narendra Modi, it is no longer possible to pretend that India’s multi-ethnic, multi-religious democracy is not in acute danger. The reason is the collapse of the judiciary, the only pillar of democracy that had remained standing after the second victory of the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)… Read More In Turning India into a Tyranny, Modi Has Made Economic ‘Crimes’ His Latest Weapon
How journalism in Kashmir has been driven to the edge TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY SHAHID TANTRAY AT 1.45 PM, on 15 January, an armoured cavalcade rolled onto the premises of the Kashmir Press Club—Kashmir’s largest body representing journalists—in Polo View, abutting Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. There had been heightened police presence at the club since the day… Read More Dead Lines
Bharat Bhushan For a few hours it seemed the government had had a change of heart towards Rohingya migrants with Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri’s announcement that 1100 Rohingya migrants living in Delhi would be given government housing. Within seven hours, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) overuled the initiative. It clarified… Read More PR botch-up: Detention Centre presented as EWS housing for Rohingyas
NB: It should and will haunt some, but not the bulk of us. Rampaging across the media are battalions of ideologically infuriated fanatics who will indulge in shameless whataboutery and yet once more, abuse Gandhi, Nehru, liberals, communists, anti-national elements, etc. The Sangh Parivar and its allies are never at fault for anything at all,… Read More ‘Is this how justice ends?’: Bilkis Bano’s question should haunt the Indian republic
Purushottam Agrawal Listen to this article: HISTORYPOLITICS22 HOURS AGO As the country waves flags and celebrates the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, it is also time to take stock. What did India’s founders and citizens dream of, how has India fared, what have been our challenges and successes? The Wire’s reporters and contributors bring stories… Read More Why RSS Cannot Help Hating Jawaharlal Nehru and His Connection With the People of India
Reviewed by Mani Shankar Iyer NB: True to the ethics of the journalist profession, Nilanjan Takle has performed a public service by following the trail of questions and shadows in which this death of an upright judge is veiled. It is a matter of comfort that such journalists are still doing their work, despite all… Read More Book Review: ‘Who Killed Justice Loya’ Delves into Many Unanswered Questions
“Undo the harm” and “give me back my right to live without fear and in peace”. Breaking her silence for the first time after the release on remission of the 11 convicts who were convicted of gangraping her and killing 14 members of her family, including her three-year-old daughter, Bilkis Bano said on Wednesday that she was… Read More Bilkis Bano speaks: ‘Trusted highest courts, faith shaken, give back right to live without fear’
Farmers Protest, Lakhimpur Kheri Live Updates: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) – an umbrella organisation of farm unions – is set to launch a 75-hour dharna in Lakhimpur Kheri starting 11 am on Thursday. Their demands include the sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni and the release of four farmers jailed in connection with the violence that… Read More Farmers to hold dharna in Lakhimpur Kheri, demand sacking of Minister Ajay Teni
