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Why Protests at AMU take a Rightward Shift?

The Muslim Right Wing assertion both in 1981 and the current protest (August 2025) is unmistakable. The remedy still remains an administrative re-shuffle of the many teacher-administrators sticking to their respective offices since ages. Moreover,  a strong assertion of the secularists against the communal reactionaries taking over the current student agitation, is the most urgent necessity at the moment.

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PUCL welcomes SC’s Interim Order on SIR in ADR & Ors. Vs Union of India Case

The PUCL welcomes the interim order in ADR and others v Union of India, as the order will bring transparency to the SIR procedure and provide a chance to eligible voters, whose names are missing from the draft roll, to use their Aadhar Card to seek inclusion of their names.

EDITOR’S CHOICE

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Birsa’s Forlorn Children

The 150th birth anniversary this year of the tribal martyred hero, Bhagwan Birsa Munda (1874-1900) has begun to be observed with deserved enthusiasm in Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and other parts of the country. Many Indians, especially those of tribal stock, would perhaps agree that this is an appropriate time to dwell on the abysmal conditions in which Birsa’s children are forced to live and die.

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How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

What has happened is that capitalism has been changed drastically by technology. Milton Friedman’s vision of Capitalism and Freedom now seems out of touch with economic reality. Yet because many still cling to it, the policy reforms we need are being blocked. Without greater public mobilization to support them, the threat to democracy will continue to grow, in America and around the globe.

‘The Task of the Translator’ (1923) by Walter Benjamin

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PUCL welcomes SC’s Interim Order on SIR in ADR & Ors. Vs Union of India Case

The PUCL welcomes the interim order in ADR and others v Union of India, as the order will bring transparency to the SIR procedure and provide a chance to eligible voters, whose names are missing from the draft roll, to use their Aadhar Card to seek inclusion of their names.