In Tamil Nadu, the custodial death case in Sivaganga district has sparked concerns within the DMK over the potential for a damaging narrative to take hold.
The recent shuffling of 55 IAS officers in Tamil Nadu has raised eyebrows in the corridors of power, as officers who held powerful positions during the previous AIADMK regime have made a dramatic come ...
In the past five months, government labs in Karnataka found dozens of substandard medicines, with many failing crucial quality tests. Disturbingly, they include injectable drugs used to revive a perso ...
In this episode of South Central hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Leena Reghunath discuss the censorship on director Honey Trehan’s film ‘Punjab95’, based on human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra and w ...
Ajith Kumar's custodial death in Sivaganga shows Tamil Nadu still proceeds with police brutality. In this week's In Public Interest, Shabbir Ahmed talks to Abdul Rahim, a survivor still fighting for t ...
Tamil Nadu has recorded 24 custodial deaths, 21 extra judicial killings and numerous cases of police brutality in the past four years including cases of breaking limbs that have often gone unreported. ...
The Central Bureau of Film Certification (CBFC) halted Malayalam film Janaki vs State of Kerala, because a survivor has a divine name. From Punjab 95 to Santosh, films challenging caste, state power o ...
In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath discuss the tussle between DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah over the state’s Chief Minister-ship. Professor ...
Who keeps Indian cities clean and who profits from their work?
Sudipto Mondal reflects on caste, contracts, and invisible labour in this week’s What’s Your Ism? Reflections.
Over 26,000 workers of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), which started in 2005 as a rural health initiative, have been protesting for more than 140 days against the state government demanding ...
