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Surveillance State

The Emergence of a ‘National’ Panopticon via Kashmir

Suspending Telegram during the Re-NEET exam exposes an administration at loggerheads with the very concept of ‘constitutional transparency’. It is nothing but a clumsy “shoot the messenger” method enforced by the absolute emasculated state to shield the executive and lawmakers from accountability.

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Concerned Citizens Forum Condemns Arrests of Leaders Resisting Mining Companies in South Odisha

It is our firm belief that arresting leaders like Lada Sikaka, Lingaraj Azad and Hiramal Naik, or imposing a siege on villagers of Kantamal and Talaampadar are not disparate or isolated incidents; rather, the criminal justice system is being used to push through mining and industrialization in Odisha by hook and by crook.

EDITOR’S CHOICE

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Why Rahul Gandhi’s rhetoric appears reactive, not visionary?

Why Rahul Gandhi May Need to Move Beyond Social Justice, Caste and Crony Capitalism as Standalone Themes to Expand His Political and Media Reach

Birsa’s Forlorn Children

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On the ‘Rahul Gandhi Question’ : A Rejoinder to Ramachandra Guha

The larger question is not whether Rahul Gandhi deserves criticism. Every political leader does. The question is whether the condition of India’s opposition can be adequately explained by focusing primarily on one individual. It cannot.

How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

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Concerned Citizens Forum Condemns Arrests of Leaders Resisting Mining Companies in South Odisha

It is our firm belief that arresting leaders like Lada Sikaka, Lingaraj Azad and Hiramal Naik, or imposing a siege on villagers of Kantamal and Talaampadar are not disparate or isolated incidents; rather, the criminal justice system is being used to push through mining and industrialization in Odisha by hook and by crook.