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The Student, The State And The Minority: Historical Continuity In Indian Protest Politics
  • Commentary
  • August 12, 2026

The en masse participation of Muslims in democratic protests — for justice, equality and well-being for all — will depend on the general public accepting them as fellow citizens.   Tashhar Mahmood    Havā mẽ hai jashn, fizā mẽ hai shor Bhagvē raṅg mẽ liptā huā hai ye daur Par sōchŏ zarā, dil se pūchhŏ […]

Four Months of Incarceration Without Trial: Workers and Activists Arrested During Noida Protests Make Glacial Progress Towards Bail
  • Labour
  • August 12, 2026

While most of the over 170 people named in the at least 14 FIRs filed in relation to the matter—one of the more controversial aspects of the police action, as filing multiple FIRs in the same criminal action is illegal as per Indian law—are out on bail, the eight prominent activists charged with ‘criminal conspiracy’ […]

Who were the Luddites? Their legacy ripples through politics, cultural commentary and literature
  • Commentary
  • August 11, 2026

But who exactly were the Luddites? They were a collective reaction to the traumas of the Industrial Revolution, in early industrial England.   by Brian Lewis, McGill University   American filmmaker George Lucas is one of the latest to indicate he’s open to AI in the movie industry. In a recent interview, the director said […]

Police Stop Peaceful Protest Against Data Centres in Visakhapatnam
  • Environment
  • August 11, 2026

Visakhapatnam police suppress public scrutiny of the city’s rapidly expanding data-centre projects as land displacement and environmental costs come under scrutiny.   Groundxero | 11 August 2026   A peaceful campaign against the rapid expansion of hyperscale data centres in and around Visakhapatnam was disrupted by the police on Sunday (August), with the authorities first […]

Massive Jail Bharo Across India: SKM Warns of Escalated Struggle from 26 November
  • National
  • August 10, 2026

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Central Trade Unions on 10 August mobilised workers, farmers and other sections of working people in a nationwide Jail Bharo protest against the Narendra Modi government’s economic and labour policies. The SKM warned that if the government fails to address the demands, it will launch an intensified and sustained […]

Reading Shakambhari I: ‘A Living Wage is Not a Public Order Problem’
  • Labour
  • August 10, 2026

The Shakambhari writ petition in the Supreme Court is one of several petitions filed by Shakambhari, the wife of the imprisoned sixty-year-old journalist Satyam Verma, across the Indian courts of law in the wake of wave of arrests that took place following mass protests and workers’ strikes in Noida through the second week of April […]