<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;display:inline !important;float:none;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">In this first episode of “People and Places with Bala”, Balagopal Chandrashekar dwells on his long association with the State of Manipur and its people. The conversation highlights the contrast between life in the region in the 1980s and at present. His reminiscences also underscore how the political class have messed up things in the region over a considerable period of time.

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In this first episode of “People and Places with Bala”, Balagopal Chandrashekar dwells on his long association with the State of Manipur and its people.

Manipur, Then and Now

<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;display:inline !important;float:none;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">On the eve of August 15, more than 50 non-governmental organisations are launching a nationwide campaign called&nbsp; Mere Ghar Aake To Dekho, which is aimed at promoting communal harmony and the spirit of One India. Individuals and families taking part in this campaign have to welcome to their home a guest, from a religion, caste, class, region, language, or gender different from theirs. Many celebrities, including musician T. M. Krishna, poet Sachidanandan, and actor Nandita Das have already posted videos on social media expressing their solidarity with and participation in the campaign. The cyber-world is abuzz with similar videos and messages.<figure class="image"><img alt="600x600-1-1024x1024.jpg" src="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/600x600_1_1024x1024_99811b328f.jpg" srcset="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/thumbnail_600x600_1_1024x1024_99811b328f.jpg 156w, https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/small_600x600_1_1024x1024_99811b328f.jpg 500w, https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/medium_600x600_1_1024x1024_99811b328f.jpg 750w, https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/large_600x600_1_1024x1024_99811b328f.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"></figure>

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On the eve of August 15, more than 50 non-governmental organisations are launching a nationwide campaign called  Mere Ghar Aake To Dekho, which is aimed at promoting communal harmony and the spirit of One India.

Visit My Home, Be My Guest; A Campaign to Unite India

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Monday, January 8 secured a major win for woman survivor Bilkis Bano and her valiant battle for justice for the murder of seven members of her family, including three year old baby

Bilkis Banu Case: Supreme Court strikes down Gujarat High Court Verdict

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This is the third and final part of the edited transcript of renowned writer and journalist P. Sainath’s inaugural speech at the Panchajanyam film festival at Chittoor, Palakkad, Kerala. The event took place on February 4, 2024.

Remembrance is the Weapon of Resistance to Rediscover and Rescue India

<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-family:Manjari;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">In this AIDEM PollTalk, Academic, Political Theorist and Dalit Rights Activist Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd exposes the fallacy in Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s references to Dalit and Other Backward Caste (OBC) communities to bolster his anti-Muslim rhetoric and asserts that Modi has no business to do that.<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-family:Manjari;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">He also contends that Modi is clearly rattled by the social justice oriented components in the Congress Manifesto and that the anti Muslim rhetoric points to desperate attempts to overcome this. Watch the full interview here.

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Manipur, Then and Now

Visit My Home, Be My Guest; A Campaign to Unite India

Bilkis Banu Case: Supreme Court strikes down Gujarat High Court Verdict

Remembrance is the Weapon of Resistance to Rediscover and Rescue India

Kancha Ilaiah Questions Modi on Dragging OBC-Dalits into BJP’s Anti-Muslim ...