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Ace pacer Mohammed Shami, Noble laureate Amartya Sen, served SIR notice!!
By Shahnawaz Akhtar. "If a Bharat Ratna recipient has to prove his citizenship, and that too because of a dubious and secretive software that enjoys no legal standing, then what would it be like for an ordinary citizen, say a poor woman…"


Even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he wins…
By Narendra Pachkhede in Toronto. Cold War newsreels, B-grade science fiction, propaganda films, military footage, diagrams. Nothing is original.


Convicted rapists are not martyrs
By Anuradha Bhasin. What is worrying is that we are witnessing an increasing pattern of a combination of power, political protection, and legal manoeuvring that is creating an institutional framework where the survivor’s trauma matters little in the face of political influence.


good DICTATOR... bad DICTATOR...
By Raju Mansukhani. Unputdownable John Pilger: On the second anniversary of passing away of the great journalist and filmmaker on 30 December 2023, we celebrate his life and work, sharing gems from his reportage; gems that continue to inspire generations of journalists-filmamkers-writers-thinkers-activists-students with universal ideas of justice, equality and liberty.


Jal, Jungle, Jameen: A Conscience in the Mountains
By Suresh Nautiyal. Tribute: Sunderlal Bahuguna remains an icon and inspiration, despite the contradictions.


Hands off Venezuela!
By Aditya Nigam. In Venezuela, with mass resistance of tens of thousands on the streets, Trump's gangster methods might fail.


Ankita Bhandari Murder Case: The lingering shadow of injustice
By Suresh Nautiyal. Ankita Bhandari’s name will continue to return—not as history, but as a warning. And warnings, when ignored for too long, have a way of returning with greater force.


THE NATION IS OUTRAGED!
By Kumudini Pati. If our daughters are not safe in this country, than the entire society should stand up in outrage and protest -- relentlessly -- till the criminals are punished, and the survivor, her mother, and her family get justice.


So why did they MURDER YOUNG ANGEL CHAKMA?
By Suresh Nautiyal. Civilised societies do not measure the worth of human life by passports and facial features.


‘Can sex work or erotic dance be called as work? ’
Filmmaker Paromita Vohra in conversation with Baishali Chatterjee on working girls/women, sex work, domestic work, erotic dance, paid and unpaid housework, commercial surragacy, egg donation and women's rights in our society.


THE BORDER is in the mind...
By Narendra Pachkhede. The ‘refugee’ is a mythical symbol of hate. The border is everywhere now.


This New Year, a Paper Crane tells a Story…
By Maitreyi Kaptijn and Swarna Rajagopalan/Sapan News. Does it matter if one girl sits with her aunt to draw some pictures and write some words? We believe it matters.


The Sydney Tragedy, and our ‘Eight Minutes’ Apocalypse Now
By Pervez Akhtar Khan. This is not justice. It is escalation by slogan.


Press Club of India, Sapan, Editors Guild call for media freedom, stop violence
By Regina Johnson. Stop the violence against the media, and the hounding of journalists.


‘We Cannot Let Osman Hadi's Killers Win’
By Zafar Sobhan/The death of the charismatic and popular student leader Osman Hadi has sparked widespread violence across Bangladesh, including attacks on newspaper offices. This is just what his killers wanted.
The Grapes of Wrath: Bye Bye 2025. NEVER AGAIN!
By Kuhu Singh. What will the year 2025 say about humanity in the year 2075?


Nothing lasts forever
By Amit Sengupta. Ditto in Spain and Ireland. And in campuses across Europe and the US. On the streets and public squares. Everyday a new song emerges in the horizon, solo, shared, sung alone and in chorus, becoming an international anthem in the social media. Like Bella Ciao!


Crossing the street, a stranger's smile
By Sivakami. Amit Sengupta reminds us that even in the darkest times, there will always be someone who dares to write, someone who dares to care, and someone who dares to smile. That sudden golden smile is what keeps hope alive.


A Global Digital Gateway? Is it?
Vizag is choking. The impact is especially severe on children, the poor and elderly.


A 'Communist Lunatic' in New York?
By B Sivaraman. New York can hardly be described as a major urban citadel of the Left. It cannot be compared to a ‘revolutionary St. Petersburg in Russia, or Red Vienna and Red Berlin of the early 20th century. Zohran Mamdani’s performance would be closely watched.
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