Urban Naxal

Ditch War and Peace; here's a list of approved reading (and watching) for the patriotic Indian

Had the book been called “Peace and Peace”, all might have gone well with Vernon Gonsalves, because the tome is probably far too fat for any busy legal professional in India to read – there are too many cases and too little time

War and Peace, and the dying reading habit in court: A case for why we should judge less harshly

There was much amusement in the press and on social media today about an innocent query by a High Court judge, seemingly regarding Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. It now emerges that the book in question may not have been the Russian classic, but apparently War and Peace in Junglemahal by Biswajit Roy. But I would not be very surprised if in the future some learned judge were to ask quite seriously, if Anna Karenina was a foreign spy spotted in Junglemahal.

Bombay HC judge in Vernon Gonsalves case clarifies War and Peace referred to was Biswajit Roy's, not Tolstoy's

The Bombay High Court on Thursday, 29 August 2019, said it knew that Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace was a literary classic and that it didn't mean to suggest that all the books seized by Pune police in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case were incriminating.

Conversations with 'Urban Naxals', Ep#6 Sanjay Rajoura: 'Those who try to get justice for people are branded as Urban Naxals'

Sanjay Rajoura is a stand up artist and actor and part of the collective Aisi Taisi Democracy.

Conversations with 'Urban naxals', Ep#5 Nakul Singh Sawhney: 'It'll be nice of those who coined the term, to tell us what it means'

Nakul Singh Sawhney is an independent filmmaker and founder of ChalChitra Abhiyaan, a film and media collective based out of West UP. He is the director of Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai, Izzatnagri Ki Asabhya Betiyan and others.

Conversations with "Urban Naxals" Ep #3, Koel Sen: 'Those making terms like Urban Naxals are ones who are breaking India'

Koel Sen is a filmmaker whose mother Shoma Sen was arrested in June for her alleged role in the Bhima Koregaon violence.

Conversations with "Urban Naxals" Ep#2 Meghnad: 'Everybody who does not agree with Vivek Agnihotri is an Urban Naxal'

Meghnad is a public policy professional who runs the YouTube channel Sansad Watch.

Cut: An excerpt from Sreemoyee Piu Kundu's book on the life of a visionary theatre artist, set in a world of govt censorship

Set in a world of government censure and ruthless stifling of anyone who questions their ways, Cut is a posthumous look at the personal and professional life of a visionary theatre artist.

Chhattisgarh polls: Miffed with lack of development, people queue up to attend Rahul Gandhi's rally in Jagdalpur

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2018: People chanted “chowkidar hi chor hai” as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Lalbagh maidan of Jagdalpur in Maoist-infested Bastar region of Chhattisgarh Jagdalpur

Rajnath Singh at HT Leadership Summit: Home Minister blames Pakistan for troubles in J&K; calls Naxalism biggest challenge

In conversation with Hindustan Times editor-in-chief, Sashi Shekhar, Singh addressed matters ranging from mob lynchings to the recent farmer's protest that took place. Singh also addressed the Urban Naxal movement that is taking place, as well as the tension that is present between Pakistan and India.