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Youth Anger Not about Examinations alone

Issue-driven mobilisation by civil society groups tends to remain orderly so long as the government of the day signals that it is willing to listen and engage with genuine concerns.…...

India’s Freedom Struggle Didn’t end in 1947: Police Violence Revives Memories of Colonial Rule

The recent police action against student protesters has shocked many across India. To countless viewers, the images evoke memories of the British Raj, when peaceful freedom fighters were subjected...

UN Raises SIR Concerns Over Voter Rights; Modi Govt Offers No Public Answer

Three UN Special Rapporteurs have raised serious concerns about India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, warning about issues of transparency, possible exclusion of eligible...

Papers for the Citizen, Accountability for the Powerful: India’s Growing Documentation Paradox

India is witnessing an extraordinary paradox. On one hand, ordinary citizens are increasingly asked to produce documents to establish who they are, where they were born, whether they are...