अब नज़अ का आलम है / मुझ पर तुम अपनी मोहब्बत वापस लो / जब कश्ती डूबने लगती है तो बोझ उतारा करते हैं : क़मर जलालवी According to the National Crime Records Bureau, student suicides have jumped 80 percent in the last decade: more than a hundred and twenty thousand over ten years, and… Read More BIHAR: ‘एक दिन देश के नाम’ – हर जेन Z
The Cockroach movement protesters used memes, mockery and collective action to cut through mainstream media’s refusal to tackle problems plaguing the country’s politics Niha Masih Hello! Welcome to This Is India from the Guardian. I’m Niha Masih and I’ll be writing to you every week about the stories, ideas and news makers of modern India. I’ll do… Read More How gen Z exposed India’s prime-time propaganda machine
Bharat Bhushan With little in the Gen-Z campaign that the Modi government could turn against it, a State-ordered take down of content seemed the only option to limit reputational damage How women protesters became targets after the Jantar Mantar protest Bharat Bhushan A highly curated image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the supreme leader of… Read More Why Gen‑Z’s satire will outpace State control
Socrates: If the whole is ailing the part cannot be well / Kautilya: Disaffection among Subjects Kautilya’s observations on the causes of discontent in a polity New Delhi: Most weekend memorial lectures by sitting judges pass with little public attention. Not those delivered by Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, who has often used such platforms to candidly critique the… Read More In SC judge Ujjal Bhuyan’s candour beyond the courtroom, some questions for the judiciary
Pralhad Joshi, the man who has replaced Pradhan as education minister, is not an improvement. Like Pradhan he is a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP’s far-right parent body. He publicly defended the premature release in 2022 of 11 men convicted for rape in the notorious Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. Watch: The reason why… Read More Here’s why India’s cockroach protests were such a success – and why the Mamdani effect means more to come
Watch: The reason why the RSS wants to maintain an iron grip over Indian education: इंडियन एक्सप्रेस ने छापा प्रधान के इस्तीफे की हकीकत RSS क्यों रखना चाहता शिक्षा मंत्रालय अपने अधीन? Kautilya’s observations on the causes of discontent in a polity NB: From a Facebook post by Anikendranath Sen, journalist Gogia Pasha, or his ilk,… Read More A Note of Caution for India’s Gen Z movement: The BJP/RSS scheme for a permanent take-over
The Cockroach Janta Party won this battle partly because the legions it led seemed armoured with an alloy of innocence and insouciance. This had something to do with how young they were Mukul Kesavan It was the 6th of June. Abhijeet Dipke had set out his stall at Jantar Mantar after returning from Boston. I… Read More Dawn for democracy
NB: RSS ideology combined with an eagerness of communal activists to intimidate citizens on flimsy excuses must not be allowed to gain domination over the juridical sphere. Judges and magistrates who behave as if they are adjuncts of the Sanghi moral police are demeaning themselves; and bringing Indian justice into disrepute. Thanks are due to… Read More Students are jailed for merely protesting; bail denied even for having biryani on Ganga boat trip: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
NB: India’s students and their parents, young sympathisers and well wishers deserve congratulations and gratitude from the whole country for confronting this irresponsible, brutal and corrupt government with enormous courage and stamina. They have made a historic contribution to the preservation of Indian democracy by throwing fear and cowardice to the winds. I salute all… Read More जश्न में डूबा जंतर-मंतर, देश भर में ख़ुशी की लहर, वाह जेन ज़ी वाह, कर दिया कमाल / Gen Z जीता, Modi की सबसे बड़ी हार, Dharmendra Pradhan का इस्तीफ़ा
Fear evaporates as India’s youth confront State power on streets. There were 152 paper leaks in the last 10 years with zero convictions Bharat Bhushan Pan India protests against the events of July 20 have marked a significant shift in Indian politics, moribund for 12 years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. What began as a narrow protest about examination… Read More Bharat Bhushan: Exam anger becomes a political reckoning
After the truth-shower 