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• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Aug 16, 2025

  17 August 2025

  India-Pakistan Impasse will ease once the hawks are shown the door
  India and Pakistan both just marked their independence days on August 14 and 15. It is a huge tragedy that nearly eight decades after attaining independence, our two neighbouring countries have fraught relations. Soon after an incident of terrorism in April 2025 in Pahalgam, in Kashmir. India immediately pointed fingers at Pakistan-backed individuals as being involved and chose to intervene militarily instead of dialogue. (…)

• Anti-conversion laws heighten Christian persecution in India, says European Centre for Law and Justice’s report | John Dayal

  17 August 2025, by John Dayal

  The European Centre for Law and Justice in its 2025 report on Anti Conversion laws and the Persecution of Christians in India said, inter alia, that the dark underbelly of India’s democracy was the perpetuation of Christian through the anti-conversion laws enforced in 12 major states, many of them ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party which also runs the country

• Revisiting the Early Political Journey of Shibu Soren | Arup Kumar Sen

  17 August 2025, by Arup Kumar Sen

  On August 4, 2025, Shibu Soren, the legendary leader of the Jharkhand movement, breathed his last at the age of 81. His political journey was triggered by a traumatic experience in everyday life:

• Former CEC Rawat raises questions on the Integrity of the Gyanesh Kumar-led Election Commission | Nalini Ranjan Mohanty

  17 August 2025, by Nalini Ranjan Mohanty

  The Election Commission (EC) tried to shake off its image as a puppet of Narendra Modi

• Modi Era: Creative Resistance | L K Sharma

  17 August 2025, by L K Sharma

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• Presumed Innocent de jure, but de facto Treated Guilty: Curtailing Jail Visitation as a Form of Punishment | Jabali

  17 August 2025

  On April 17, 2025, authorities at Chenchalguda Central Prison in Hyderabad pasted two notices at the entrance of the jail complex: one outlining new Mulakat (Visitation) rules and the other a circular memo titled Jud-3/153/2025. These notices may have appeared routine administrative instructions to some, but for the families, lawyers, and civil rights workers seeking to meet undertrial prisoners inside, they signalled a tightening noose around one of the most fundamental human rights- the (…)

• A Tribute to the Student Who Confronted the Resilience of Patriarchy | Suranjita Ray

  17 August 2025

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• The Question of Gender Equality and Policy Analysis during Trinamool Congress Era in West Bengal | Sreerupa Saha

  17 August 2025

  Abstract
  Policy analysis is considered to be essential in any successful reforms like health promotion and public health, so does in the case of gender empowerment. After assuming power in 2011, empowering women has been a key focus of the West Bengal government. By introducing various schemes like Kanyashree Prakalpa, Lashmi Bhander, Sabla Scheme etc the state government has ensured that women lead a life of dignity and are treated at par with men. This chapter tries to highlight these (…)

• Independence Day of India (August 15) is a Time to Remember the Values of Its Freedom Movement | Bharat Dogra

  17 August 2025, by Bharat Dogra

  When India achieved independence in 1947 from two centuries of British rule, the country had to recover from the disastrous impacts of two centuries of many-sided colonial exploitation and plunder. Worse, to ensure the continuation of this plunder, the colonial rulers had tried at every opportunity to divide the people of India against each other. In the last decade of their rule, the colonial regime unleashed horrible repression against freedom fighters, imprisoning the most respected (…)

• Abeyance of the Indus Water Treaty: Rethinking India’s Treaty Obligations in light of the ILC Articles on State Responsibility | Jyoti Singh and Jaya Kiran

  17 August 2025

  Introduction:
  The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has been the only continuously operational link between India and Pakistan for more than 60 years, withstanding wars, diplomatic failures, and political changes. However, following one of the most gruesome terrorist attacks on civilians in Pahalgam, Indian government