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At a time of nationwide protests, India's classical artists are missing a culture of dissent, and this needs fixing
Sammitha Sreevathsa • 5 years agoAn absent culture of dissent is not a new feature in classical dance, given that the relationship of classical dancers with the society is heavily mediated by the state’s cultural machinery. As societies from across the world are leaning on their youth for leading the fight for a better tomorrow, there might be no better moment than now for the classical dances to reflect on what an education in classical dance is truly meant to serve.
Govt to conduct NPR along with Census 2021: All you need to know about NRC, National Population Register and how they are linked
Fp Staff • 5 years agoHow similar or different is NRC from NPR, a nationwide process, which the government announced will be conducted along with Census 2021, Firstpost takes a look
Journalist Rohini Mohan on her Assam NRC reportage, 'breakdown of fragile, important coexistence' in India
Arshia • 5 years agoIn an exhaustive report for Vice News in collaboration with Type Investigations, Bengaluru-based journalist Rohini Mohan explores the complexities of the fallout of the NRC in Assam, as is being carried out since 2015. She also closely examines the workings of the Foreigners Tribunals, where 19 lakh individuals are now facing trial to prove their citizenship. Her investigation points to procedural lapses in an initiative that was speciously launched to sieve out illegal immigrants from Bangladesh in the state. The NRC now threatens to systemically strip many bona fide Indians of their citizenship, raising possibilities of rendering them stateless.
'They thrashed us, many lost a lot of blood': Jamia Millia Islamia students narrate 'brutal' action by Delhi police during protest against Citizenship Amendment Act
Sukanyar • 5 years agoThe baton-charge didn't stop in the streets, but the police personnel chased the students inside the Jamia campus and thrashed them. In response to the attack, few students resorted to stone-pelting
Citizenship Act protests in Jamia Millia Islamia turn violent as students, cops clash; several, including policemen, injured
• 5 years agoThe Jamia Millia Islamia University turned into a battlefield on Friday after police and students, who wanted to march to Parliament House to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act
Amid anti-CAB protests in Assam, BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma rehashes 2016 playbook against AIUDF's Badruddin Ajmal
Kangkan Acharyya • 5 years agoEven as the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill faces protests in Assam, the state is seeing a rehash of the campaign against Badruddin Ajmal by Himanta Biswa Sarma
Anti-CAB protests in parts of country as Centre readies to table bill in Parliament; North East bandh called on 11 Dec
Fp Staff • 5 years agoProtests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and a nationwide NRC have intensified with rallies and marches being held in Delhi, Assam, Manipur and parts of India over the weekend, and several more planned to start from Monday, the day the contentious bill set to be tabled in the Parliament