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The Biryani That Never Was: 2 Lessons From The Media Trial Of Ajmal Kasab
By Sagar Godbole: Within days of the 26/11 attack, there was a great hue and cry demanding that Ajmal Kasab be arrested and executed swiftly. A great many felt that considering the audaciousness and...
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These 6 People Will Change How You Perceive Old-Age Forever
By Disha Pandey: In India, we love to stereotype everything. We put labels on men, women, colour, marriage, mothers-in-law, women who “drink,” women who do not “drink,” men who stare, men who do not...
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Ghost Protocol: The Cooking Gas Consumers That Don’t Exist!
By Devanik Saha: A direct transfer of cooking-gas subsidies has revealed 12.73 million “duplicate” connections – implying fake consumers - or illegally held multiple accounts – across India. [caption...
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AAP Rift: Is This How The Party Is Choosing To Reward The Loyalty Of Its Base?
By Mehernaz Patel: Dissent is a word thrown around fairly often in our current political vocabulary. Despite, its common usage, its importance is often forgotten in a highly competitive democracy like...
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Mr. Kejriwal, Choose Wisely, Or Your Days Are Numbered
By Yatharth Mishra: The Aam Aadmi Party was born with a pledged commitment towards democracy and transparency. Its core ideology revolved around curbing corruption and establishing ‘Swaraj’. Since its...
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Not All Graffiti Is Vandalism – Let’s Rethink The Public Space Debate
By Liam Miller, The University of Queensland: Earlier this month, at the opening of an exhibition dedicated to his work at Brisbane’s GOMA, David Lynch got stuck into street art, calling it “ugly,...
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Explosive Open Letter By Prashant Bhushan To Kejriwal –‘Goodbye And Good Luck’
By Prashant Bhushan: Dear Arvind, In the National Council meeting held on the March 28, in your Convenor's address, instead of giving a review of the party's situation and the path ahead, you chose to...
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The Airtel Zero Idea: Splitting India’s Internet Into Many Internets
By Nikhil Pahwa: Imagine what kind of an Internet you would have in India three years from now, once the Airtel Zero idea, of creating a free Internet by allowing Internet companies to buy data,...
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To Delhi’s Powerful Car Lobby –‘Bus Ko Rasta Do’!
By Kanika Sharma: There are two bus routes in Delhi that I am most familiar with - the one I take from where I stay to where I work, and the other one from my office to Malviya Nagar (where a lot of...
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Suspected Of Being A Maoist, This 15 Year Old Was Beaten Up And Forced To Strip
By Video Volunteers: On 29th July 2011, Magdalene, a 15-year-old girl from Mailpidi village, was walking back home after school. On her way, she was arrested by the police. “Stop pretending to be a...
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‘It Was A Horrifying Sight’– IIT BHU Student Recounts ‘Battleground’, Braving...
This first person account was sent to us by a student of IIT BHU. If you were present there, add on to the story by telling us what you saw in the comment section below. By Nikhil Jain: In what can be...
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Here’s What Happens To Your Brain When You Give Up Sugar
By Jordan Gaines Lewis, Penn State College of Medicine: Anyone who knows me also knows that I have a huge sweet tooth. I always have. My friend and fellow graduate student Andrew is equally afflicted,...
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Breathtaking Television: Why Game Of Thrones Leaves The Rest Behind
By Jason Jacobs, The University of Queensland: When Game of Thrones returns to screens for its fifth season on Sunday night, US time, it will no doubt continue to attract the critical and popular...
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What AAP Can Learn From The Bill Clinton Scandal
By Mehernaz Patel: There is no doubt that the Aam Aadmi Party’s regime in Delhi started off with a joyous wave which then sunk to the murkiest depths of petty pandering, as only a good political...
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“They Asked Me If Tibet Was In The Northeast”: The Life Of Tibetan Students...
By Meenal Thakur: Chennai: Twenty three years have passed since the incident took place, but the memories of escaping from Tibet are still fresh in Tenzin Norbu’s mind. His story, he says, is the...
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The Army’s ‘License To Rape’– What The Nation Doesn’t Want To Know
By Kavita Krishnan: Can Army officers claim to have raped someone in the pursuit of their duty? Absurd claim, isn't it? The AFSPA’s raison d’etre is that it is needed to shield Army officers from...
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As Big Industry Infringes On Our Rights, Here’s How To Fight Back!
By Chaitanya Kumar: The netizens of India are up in arms against the proposed attack on net neutrality. Stand up comedians, Bollywood icons, technology startups and the general online milieu are...
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After ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’, We Really Don’t Need Another Hero
By Alastair Blanshard, The University of Queensland: There was a time when we used to worry about how the world began. Few debates were as furious as the argument over whether it was God or the Big...
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Trying 16-18 Year Olds As ‘Adults’ Under An Amended Juvenile Justice Act Is...
By Komal Ganotra: We don't currently have a copy of the new bill, however according to various media reports it is clear that the cabinet has approved the amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and...
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Delhi Police Shut Down Comedian Vir Das’s Show, Here’s His Powerful Response
By Vir Das: Disclaimer: Letter produced verbatim Last Night, while I was on stage at the #UnbelievableTour The Police showed up and what happened was upsetting and wrong. Not sure what else to do,...
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