The Failed State of #NewNewIndia
Tuesday, Cabinet approved a budget of Rs 8754 crore for Census & updating #NationalPopulationRegister Objective of NPR, create comprehensive identity database of every usual resident in country. As per official …
Prison
8 months in Jail without Bail – Dr. Kafeel Khan’s letter to the country
This is a letter by Dr. Kafeel Khan, whose sole “crime” was trying to prevent deaths from deprivation of oxygen. He was arrested and has now spent 8 months in …
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How Aadhaar UID verified the identity of an anonymous Twitter handle
Something strange came to my attention today. An otherwise anonymous Twitter profile, but it had an Aadhaar UID number in the place of the name. The profile said the person …
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A Narration of Police Brutality at the University of Hyderabad
The following is a first person account by Md Hasanujjaman, M Phil in English, University of Hyderabad of the brutality unleashed by the police against the students and faculty of University of Hyderabad. I …
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After Yakub Memon’s execution. Now what?
So #Yakub Memon was finally hanged this morning. The #Supreme Court did a dramatic early morning hearing to hear the challenge to the President’s rejection of Yakub Memon’s mercy petition, …
What if I stood before a court? Contemplating freedom.
Looking at the rain and smelling the scent of wet soil here. #Yakub Memon will probably be hanged tomorrow. Idle question comes up in my mind. What would I do …
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Yakub Memon death warrant – what else is going on in India’s underworld?
When the state takes extreme steps that make no sense, I get curious. #Yakub Memon‘s hanging being scheduled for the 30th of this month, while the key accused of the …
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Who profits from hanging Yakub Memon?
Yakub Memon is the brother of Tiger Memon and provided him and Dawood Ibrahim financial assistance in the planning of the Mumbai train blasts of 1993. After the blasts, Dawood …
On the other side of depression
The fight against depression. Vidyut describes her journey toward freeing herself from depression against what seemed insurmountable odds.