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• Politics of Language in Contemporary India | Arup Kumar Sen

  22 March 2025, by Arup Kumar Sen

  Very recently, the language debate has taken a distinctly political turn in India. The present political regime of the BJP at the centre is currently locked in an intense language debate with Tamil Nadu, where the ruling DMK has been contesting the alleged imposition of Hindi through the three-language formula under the National Education Policy, 2020. The Tamil Nadu chief minister, M K Stalin, reiterated his stance on the language debate, asserting that the State is

• Manipur

  22 March 2025

  Manipur, a state in Northeastern India, has a unique socio-economic and cultural identity shaped by its history, geography and diverse population, and thus Manipur occupied a distinct place in India

• AIPF debates futuristic impact of AI on society | Anil Rajimwale

  22 March 2025, by Anil Rajimwale

  Intellectuals, social thinkers and activists from all over India gathered in Patna on February 7-9 in an all India seminar-cum-workshop to discuss in detail the growing impact of artificial intelligence on science, technology, and on theory and practice of society. They came from Bihar, Punjab, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Haryana, UP and others places.
  In a continuation of a series of national seminars held every year by the All India Progressive Forum, a platform of open (…)

• Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath government conspiring against the people | Sandeep Pandey, Salim Khan

  22 March 2025, by Sandeep Pandey

  In Ayodhya the God descended and departed. A temple was built at his birth place. It is claimed that this temple was demolished to build a mosque. The mosque was demolished by Hindutva forces and a temple has now been built. In the process Hindutva forces gained hegemony in the country and captured political power. In Sambhal the God is yet to descend. The same story is being repeated as the Hindutva brigade finds this as convenient and efficacious strategy to maintain their hold over power. (…)

• Sambhal Mosque Must Not Be Disputed Site | Ishrat Husain

  22 March 2025

  March 4, 2025 is going to be a turning point in the history of Sambhal Jama Masjid case as the Allahabad High Court agreed to refer to the Sambhal Jama Masjid as a "disputed site." The court also instructed the stenographer to use the term "disputed structure" for the Shahi Masjid, following a request from other side. Though, it was oral instruction of the court and the next date is fixed on April 08, 2025. Such judicial instructions provide oxygen to the issues for political upheaval. It is (…)

• India needs to de-weaponise misinformation | Pradip Thomas

  22 March 2025

  Indian law needs to fix the meaning of fake news and misinformation and needs to be tied to the public interest rather than to the interest of the State.
  Countries around the world are scrambling to create effective laws against fake news

• The Fall of the Indian Stock Market of Oct 24 - Feb 25: Fundamentals at the Weakest? | Sharad Ranjan, D Narayana

  22 March 2025

  The story so far
  Following the peak in September 2024, market indices in India have exhibited a consistent downward trend. The stock prices, particularly those categorized as mid- and small-caps, have fallen considerably. The crash has severely affected the market, with small-cap stocks suffering the most and their volatility has increased. Taking standard deviation as an indicator of volatility, it is seen that the standard deviation of small-cap stock prices at 1231 is nearly twice that (…)

• Why Karat lets Modi/RSS off the Fascism hook? | Faraz Ahmad

  22 March 2025, by Faraz Ahmad

  Prakash Karat, the coordinator of the Politburo and Central Committee of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has circulated the Draft resolution for the 24th party Congress of the CPM scheduled next month in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
  In the section called

• Mindset Change Needed for Indian Women to be Safe in Public Spaces | Mausumi Mukherjee

  22 March 2025

  Until very recently, it had been an universally-accepted mandate of the traditional patriarchal society that women, of all age groups and from all strata of society, should remain essentially confined to their private domestic spaces while the vast public domain remains perpetually open for the menfolk. It was argued that the public space was not safe for women to venture out into, as they were by nature physiologically and intellectually weaker than their male counterparts.
  Breaking (…)

• Reimagining Parliamentary Democracy in India | P. Sakthivel

  22 March 2025

  The idea of a vibrant, independent, and accountable Parliament is central to making democracy work more meaningfully and purposefully. In a parliamentary democracy like India, the responsibilities, roles, and functions of Parliament increase manifold. One of the biggest achievements in India, immediately after attaining independence, was the establishment and institutionalisation of Parliament and other State legislative bodies. In a parliamentary democracy, the executive derives its (…)