Author Roy is facing criminal trial for contempt of court in India. Of course, Narendra Modi’s government has left no clear fingerprints on this scene of a crime against art and thought
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Pankaj Mishra and Salil Tripathi on the Arundhati Roy case and other Indian writers being silenced by Hindu nationalists
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India: Death of the public university | Satish Deshpande
2 February 2016Even as Indian higher education faces its toughest challenge — the inclusion of hitherto excluded groups — the public university is becoming insecure, narrow-minded and conservative
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India - Protect the Right to Dissent: Statement by Prominent Citizens Regarding Assault on Social Movement Activists Campaigning on Transparency and Accountability in Rajasthan
2 February 2016The Jawabdehi Yatra is a peaceful caravan of people committed to bringing about transparency and accountability. It attempts to raise awareness and uses methods of community monitoring including public hearings and the filing of grievances to promote better delivery of public services and entitlements. On 16 January 2016 the Jawabdehi Yatra was violently attacked by a mob let by a BJP MLA Kanwarlal Meena in Aklera, Jhalawar, Rajasthan. There has been widespread condemnation of the attack on Jawabdehi Yatra but the key figures behind this attack remain at large.
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India: A test of dignity and democracy
by , 2 February 2016Today, as the Supreme Court hears the curative petition on Section 377, it has an opportunity to remember its promise to be the last resort of the oppressed, to let dignity be the domain of all.
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India: When AMU Killed A Gay Professor | Mohd Asim
1 February 2016Early in April 2010, the suicide of a gay professor at AMU made national headlines. Some hurried calls to Aligarh informed me that it was the same professor who I had seen walking in and out of the Modern Languages Department everyday for two years.
