Recently, Telugu Actress Anasuya Bharadwaj was the target of online abuse and harassment for speaking her mind. 73 individuals including media professionals have been booked in the case.
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With just three months to go for the elections, the LDF’s final budget leans heavily on welfarism, a move the Opposition has denounced as impractical and lacking sincerity.
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The acquittals in the alleged Maoist-links case expose the vagueness and inhumanity of long-drawn terror litigation in India, which has also claimed lives such as that of Pandu Narote, who died in prison awaiting justice.
I realised that the more intense the sense of despair, the harder hope kicks in.
Since Independence, a number of laws have been enacted that allow preventive detention which have been widely used by all regimes against their political opponents
“The Operative Word in Mainstream Media’s Discourse For Me is No More ‘Anti-National’; it’s ‘Terrorist’”
I am enormously relieved that the separation from my only daughter, Maaysha, has ended. We can speak to each other every day.
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Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit was arrested in connection with the 2008 Malegaon case. He was acquitted in July 2025, after a 17-year-long legal battle. A first-person account by his wife
We became victims of two things—unjust investigation and a media trial that was used as a weapon. The Media Trial was Deeply Painful.
The jail—and the treatment meted out to the accused—felt as though it belonged to another age, one in which the rule of law did not exist.
My arrest led to a nationwide and even international controversy on the security of the journalists operating in the Bastar region. Till date, many journalists in the region have either gone silent or are operating in the shadows of fear.
A Delhi district court granted Mohammad Iqbal bail in the riots case within three months. On March 18, 2025, he was discharged in the Babbu murder case, even as the riots trial continues
In Jharkhand, thousands of Adivasis have been arrested on Maoist allegations. They have spent years in prison before being declared innocent
India today has more than 4.3 lakh undertrial prisoners. A significant number of them are linked to political cases
The poet and activist was jailed in connection with caste violence that erupted in 2018 in Bhima Koregaon. He was 78 then. Though he was released on medical grounds in 2022, he is still confined to Mumbai. In this first-person account, his daughter Pavana writes about how multiple incarcerations could not break her father’s strength and soul
Women’s rights activist and professor Shoma Sen, who was arrested in 2018 for her alleged involvement in the Bhima Koregaon riots, writes how in prisons, time comes to a standstill, literally
It all comes down to one thing: compliance with the Constitution, and the freedom of expression.
More than five years after his arrest under the UAPA in the Bhima Koregaon case, former Delhi University professor Hany Babu was granted bail in December 2025. He shares his experience of prison life.
The Bhima Koregaon case is not only about those who were imprisoned. It is also about the fate of democracy itself
The systematic creation of criminal and security legislations view Adivasis as an inherently suspect class of criminals and terrorists
Death row intensifies the structured brutalities of the penal system and reminds us why the struggle against the death penalty must also include the fact of prison violence
Rupesh Kumar Singh is a journalist, currently an undertrial prisoner in Adarsh Central Jail, Beur, Patna.
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A total of 21,090 people aged 25-44 died due to tuberculosis in hospitals and other institutions, making it the most affected age bracket.
A Palestinian-supporting Israeli theatre troupe was barred from performing at the International Theatre Festival of Kerala after visas were denied by the Indian Embassy in Israel.
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Outlook at Sundance | Maryam Ataei and Hossein Keshavarz’s Tehran-set U.S. Dramatic Competition title welds radical optimism as the way forward.
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At the heart of this film lies a simple question: Are you willing to confront the hurt before embracing healing?
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How Arijit Singh became the voice of a generation and why his step away from playback singing feels like a quiet goodbye.
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The Jana Nayagan censor row has turned Vijay Thalapathy’s final film into one of Tamil cinema’s most debated legal battles
Composed by A.R. Rahman and penned by Prasoon Joshi, the soundtrack captured something so fundamental about being young, that the songs have somehow never really aged.
Mehra’s film holds power accountable and reminds viewers even today that loving one’s country does not require loving one’s government or blindly endorsing its actions.
Twenty years on, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s film remains a rare act of cinematic dissent that chose accountability over applause.
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's cult film Rang De Basanti (2006) is turning 20 tomorrow on Republic Day.
The escalation is steady, old-fashioned, and deeply satisfying if you’re someone who misses commercial thrillers that trusted audiences to keep up.
Tamang's participation in Indian Idol was pathbreaking in many ways as it opened up possibilities for young people from minority groups to imagine futures beyond government jobs.
But one can safely say that the intricate ecosystem unfurled by the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2025-2026 creates the conditions of possibility for such a material and philosophical dialogue to take place.
Daniel Lopatin’s instant-classic score might just make you levitate as Marty recklessly courts greatness
Border 2 does not redefine war cinema as its predecessor once did. It attempts to capture its nostalgia without reshaping its ethos.
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During my recent visit to Benares, I found myself walking through a city reshaped by ambition, reordered by authority, and increasingly uncomfortable with the very rituals that had sustained it for centuries
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The luxury home living brand has come up with a 18,000 sqft flagship store at MG Road bringing its design-forward approach to furniture and collectibles
