The Long-buried secrets of Dharmasthala
For a long time the powerful Manjunatha temple of Dharmasthala has been at the centre of crimes and controversies. In the first week of July a former sanitation worker from...
Manual Scavenging: Biggest Shame of India
On 21st July, just weeks after India proudly announced its ascent as the fourth largest economy in the world, Puttaswamy, a 31-year-old labourer, developed severe breathing difficulties and died while...
Prison Away from Home
“Home away from home” is the tagline adorned all across the cuboidal hostel buildings. The tagline written in vibrant colours stand out from the starkly white, monotone backgrounds of the...
NCERT Textbook Revisions: Learning through a Saffron Lens
History is the raw material for nationalist or ethnic or fundamentalist ideologies, as poppies are the raw material for heroin addiction. The past is an essential element, perhaps the essential...
“We Must Fiercely Defend Our Agricultural Land”
Interview with Ramesh Cheemachanahalli, core committee member, Bhoo-swadhina Virodhi Horata Samiti on the historic Devanahalli struggle. Q. The Karnataka government has withdrawn the Devanahalli land acquisition notification after 1198 days...