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Nathuram Godse, the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, was for decades branded a terrorist. When a play about Godse was staged in the 90s, it was banned for glorifying Gandhi’s killer. But now, as Hindu nationalism reemerges in India, Godse is being celebrated by his supporters — including members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which would have been nearly inconceivable two decades ago according to Kapil Komireddi, author of Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India.

This is a book of memoirs by a very distinguished Indian judge who in 1959 was promoted to the office of Chief Justice of the Punjab. It is largely taken up with criminal cases-of arson, dacoity, poisoning, vendetta, and so on-in which the author was personally concerned as a judge. Fascinating in themselves, these accounts are made the more interesting by the author’s hamorous and penetrating comments upon various features of Indian crime-the (…)

We the doctors and paramedical staff Have been organising medical Camps at Tikri and Singhu borders on behalf of Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD). Our medical teams marched along with the tractors. We are pained at the events that occurred on 26th January when a few unscrupulous elements hoisted the flag at Red Fort. This situation arose when police created hurdles on the agreed route & looked the other way around to facilitate prohibited route. since we were present there throughout we are eye witness to affirm that such hooliganism was done by a minuscule number of people and it could have been very well prevented if the police had been little cautious.

En pleine crise sanitaire, le gouvernement indien a promulgué trois lois qui engagent une dérégulation brutale du système public alimentaire et agricole. Depuis leur adoption par le Parlement, à la mi-septembre 2020, elles ont suscité un mouvement de protestation inédit dans tout le pays. Elles marquent la fin d’un pacte moral entre le pouvoir et la paysannerie.

Nagaon Town, Assam | 28 January 2021: Since last one year, the situation in Mikir Bamuni Grant village has been a cause for concern with news of farmers protesting forceful takeover of their land for setting up a 15 MW solar power plant by Azure Power Forty Private Ltd. A civil society Fact-Finding Team has visited the area and is producing a report.