NDTV India may be taken off air for a day. I & B says the reason is Pathankot coverage

November 3, 2016 An Inter-ministerial committee of the I and B ministry has recommended that a leading Hindi news channel NDTV India be taken off air for a day after it concluded that the broadcaster had revealed “strategically-sensitive” details while covering the Pathankot terrorist attack. The ministry may now ask the channel NDTV India to be taken off air for a day on 9 November, … Continue reading NDTV India may be taken off air for a day. I & B says the reason is Pathankot coverage

No rerun of 1984: Open letter to support Shayra Bano

We are writing this open letter to our fellow women’s groups, human rights groups and concerned individuals to bring into attention three primary concerns that have emerged as a corollary to the ongoing series of events around the issue of triple talaq. As we all know ‘triple talaq’ has always been a contentious question in the women’s movement since the times of Shehnaaz Sheikh, who … Continue reading No rerun of 1984: Open letter to support Shayra Bano

Pushing Out the Rohiths and Najeebs from our universities: What it entails for us? – Umar Khalid

Pushing Out the Rohiths and Najeebs from our universities: What it entails for us? On the first day of Najeeb’s disappearance when I first met Fatima Nafeez (Najeeb’s mother), one of the first things she told me was that she would take her son back to Badaun the moment she finds him. I did not tell her that day that discontinuing education in JNU is … Continue reading Pushing Out the Rohiths and Najeebs from our universities: What it entails for us? – Umar Khalid

#Bring Back Najeeb – Day 12- CM Delhi, PM India Quiet!

  Police crackdown on student protestors demanding #JusticeForNajeeb again: Police brutally attacked the protestors in front of Vasant Vihar police station, pulled them, punched them, kicked, chocked students along with choicest of abuses. Students have been detained. The students were demanding that those from ABVP who assaulted Najeeb be interrogated and campus be thoroughly searched. It has been 12 days since Najeeb’s dissapperance and these … Continue reading #Bring Back Najeeb – Day 12- CM Delhi, PM India Quiet!

एक किलो “टोमेटो” लेने के बाद – Mithun Prajapati

एक किलो टोमेटो लेने के बाद- “ये अवाकाडो है न !” “हां,अवाकाडो है।” “कहाँ, चीन से आता है ?” “नहीं सर, अमेरिकन फ़ूड है लेकिन अब भारत में भी उगाया जाता है।” “तुम्हें पता है, चीन के हर सामान का बहिष्कार हो रहा है ?” “नहीं पता सर ,क्यों हो रहा है ऐसा ?” “अरे यार ,तुम भाजी वाले, अब क्या बताऊँ तुमको !” (तबतक … Continue reading एक किलो “टोमेटो” लेने के बाद – Mithun Prajapati

Saat Uchakkey: A Modern fairy tale destroyed with an Adult certificate

Written by Shweta Dutt A film with an innocent heart. That is what Saat Uchakkey is. Funny, thrilling, innocent and a joy ride. Yes, sometimes snipped badly…and yet a film that will make you smile! Saat Uchakkey is an aesthetically scripted and directed film by debutant director Sanjeev Sharma. The world that Sanjeev Sharma explores is simple, basic but surreal. It has the old world … Continue reading Saat Uchakkey: A Modern fairy tale destroyed with an Adult certificate

MNS rules Maharashtra. BJP a coward spectator- Rukmini Sen

It was a sad day for many of us when we saw Karan Johar’s video requesting not to ban an Indian film in India. Film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, that features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, ran into trouble after Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) said it won’t allow release of any movie in India that featured Pakistani artistes . It is due for release … Continue reading MNS rules Maharashtra. BJP a coward spectator- Rukmini Sen

Cleaning up a house where a relationship died – Sehba Imam

It’s messy. And throws up many questions. Was it killed, murdered in cold blood? Culpable homicide or reciprocatory violence. Was it kidnapped and made to disappear? or was it a case of plain suicide in sheer desperation. Every corner has a story to tell, every chipped dish and decoration piece gathering dust is an eyewitness. The white blood of silences and the purple splashes of … Continue reading Cleaning up a house where a relationship died – Sehba Imam