The Mottled Logic of Power: Reactions to Seattle’s Anti-CAA Resolution
A few days ago, the Seattle City Council approved a resolution condemning the CAA and NRC, both creations of the ruling BJP government in India. People involved in the creation…
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Cycling Against #CAA_NRC_NPR
Yesterday for nearly four hours I was cycling in various working class localities of Bangalore, covered around 30 kms . I noticed that after nearly 7 weeks since the draconian…
Why BJP’s Subjugation of Gandhi’s Legacy Hit a Roadblock at Shaheen Bagh
‘Death ends all enmity’ (Marnanti Vairani) goes a maxim in Hinduism. The story also goes that when Ravana was on death bed, Ram had even asked Laxman to go to him and…
Under CAA, India rejects its own to welcome a few outsiders
A large number of Indians – most of them Dalits, Adivasis and the poor – will lose their citizenship under CAA only for a few thousand refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh…
CAA-NPR-NRC’s Impact on Urban Poor
Statement by National Coalition for Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanisation (NCU) The National Coalition for Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanisation (NCU) unequivocally condemns the unconstitutional and anti-constitutional CAA-NPR-NRC being unilaterally imposed by…
State assembly resolutions against Constitutional (Amendment) Act 2019: Debating legalities for or against?
The outbreak of dissent voices against the newly enacted Constitutional Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 which grants citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, appeared as several forms of…
Seattle City Council Passes Resolution Against CAA, NRC
The Seattle City Council, one of the most powerful city councils in the U.S., on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning India’s recently-enacted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National…
Understand the Chronology
Opinions are divided over the constitutionality and morality of Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The extent of this dyad is difficult to comprehend, however, the ambit of anti-CAA stir steadily swelled…
Why I Stand with Sharjeel Imam
My friends advised me to avoid the issue of Sharjeel Imam. They said that it was not the 'right time' to show solidarity with him. I know they were concerned…
Unprecedented March against Anti-People CAA, NPR & NRC at Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Bhubaneswar, 30.01.20:The State Capital of Odisha witnessed today an unprecedented March against CAA, NPR and NRC in response to a unitedcall given by progressive political organizations, social groups, academics, media…
The Anti-CAA/NRC/NPR Movement: Hope and Prospects
1. The government's decisions on the Kashmir-problem, the temple-mosque dispute, the Assam-problem (National Register of Citizens) and the Citizenship Amendment Act highlight four things: (1) That the decisions are motivated…
Citizenship, Hindutva Hypocrisy and the CAA-NRC
While celebrating the Republic Day, a public lecture on the topic of ‘Citizenship’ (which now has become a contentious issue after the passing of the CAA, and which has also…
West Bengal becomes Fourth state to pass anti-CAA resolution
West Bengal became the fourth opposition-ruled state to pass a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in its assembly, after Kerala, Punjab and Rajasthan. The resolution, moved by Parliamentary…
7 Million Form A Human Chain Across Kerala To Protest Against CAA
A 620 km long human chain from the northern part of Kerala to the south was formed on Republic Day by the CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front, to register the…
154 European Union lawmakers draft stunning anti-CAA resolution
In a scathing denouncement of CAA, the lawmakers have drafted a formal five-page resolution to be tabled during the plenary session of the European Parliament starting in Brussels next week…
Patriarchy Take Heed, Even As All Of Us Together Fight Fascism In India
Co-Written by Dr. P. S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal The time for patriarchy to gracefully let women be is ripe in India right now. Last few months have seen…
The Muslim Women’s ‘Political Agency’ and their Resistance against the CAA-NPR-NRC
Co-Written by Badre Alam Khan & Sanjay Kumar “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.” (BR Ambedkar) Since the BJP…
Myths & truths of CAA’s link with NRC-NPR
There are ten great claims, which can easily be proved baseless. There are ten great claims, which can easily be proved baseless. By the time the reader verifies the claim,…
Where do one lakh Sri Lankan Hindus go?
The Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 of India is discriminatory on several grounds. It does not promote equality but violates it. It destroys the secular character and Article 14, as 'religion'…
CAA: 30 Reasons To Reject
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) has become the most controversial legislation since the promulgation of Constitution of India on 26 January 1950. Different arguments for and against CAA have…
What Is CAA, NPR, NRC? What Is Its Impact On Indian Citizens?
Introduction : The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed by the BJP government has been challenged by uprisings nationwide. The questions raised by the masses are met with denial, deflection and…
Hindutva: Get Egg on Your Face and Say ‘I am Loving it’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempt to further his deeply-sectarian and divisive agenda at Belur Math, global headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission founded by Swami Vivekananda, has backfired. His controversial defence…
Why I see Anti-CAA protests as Common People’s Affair and not only a Muslim affair
Amid ongoing protests against CAA-NRC-NPR across the country, some protesters are also claiming this nation-wide resistance to be one community’s affair. Their arguments come from their pungent criticism to one…
Punjab Becomes The Second State To Pass Resolution Against CAA
The Punjab Assembly on Friday passed a resolution by voice vote against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, the second state in the country to do so. The resolution moved by…
CAA is first big step towards Savarkar’s Akhand Hindu-Rashtra
The Citizenship (Amendment)Act, 2019 (CAA) is being vaguely labelled as Anti-Muslims. Though it is certainly designed to exclude and disparage Muslims to become lesser rights holder in India, the Act’s…
Shaheen Bagh provides hope for a new democracy and collective struggle for common good
The sale of national flag is gone manifold. The reading on Constitution is growing and perhaps for the first time in history of independent India, the faith in our constitution…
Constitutional Doubts, Doubtful Assurances
The National Register for Citizens (NRC), that created havoc among the lives of 19 lakh people in Assam, if extended to entire India, what will happen to 130 crore people?…
Another Nail In The Coffin Of Democracy
On 10th January 2020, the Citizenship Amendment Act came into effect all over India. Debating about the CAA is a pointless exercise, since it is only…
Citizenship Amendment Act and Religious Minorities in South Asia
In the beginning of January 2020 two very disturbing events were reported from Pakistan. One was the attack on Nankana Sahib, the holy shrine where Sant Guru Nanak was born.…
Not Just Citizenships, Our Conscience and Ethics Too Are Put To Test
Co-Written by Debmalya Nandy and NIlakshi Bhattacharyya The doldrums of the current political scenario is also witnessing a changing face of the society. Not just our citizenships, our sense of…
A Raised Fisted Red Salute, To My Alma Mater, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University For Protesting Against Fascism In India
Kudos to students of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Delhi for protesting in the campus against fascism on 8 January, 2020. Almost the entire college walked out in protest and…
In Spite Of Severe Repression People Are United In Protests
Co-Written by Sandeep Pandey and Anandi Pandey At New Delhi's Jamia Millia University if one visits the library it may appear as if a pitched battle was fought here. Almost…
Between Allah, Hindutva and Atheist in Kerala
Remember Faiz Ahmed Faiz writing about Allah? He was a communist. But many communists in Kerala believe that when the Muslims in this country are hit from head to toe…
Become a rock in the foundation
The first thing to understand is that this CAA+NRC is the best thing that could have happened to India at this stage. We had become a rapidly polarized, fascist, extremist…
The CAA question will test the ‘Reasonable Classification Test’
With the enactment of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (‘CAA’) and the initiation of processes for creation of a National Register of Indian Citizens ( ‘NRIC’), a citizenship vesting apparatus…
State Sponsored Statelessness in India in the Age of ‘Sophia’
Introduction “I want to live and work with humans, so I need to express the emotions to understand humans and build trust with people,” said ‘Sophia’[i], the World’s First Robot…
The Guru that never was
The ongoing and widespread protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India, has rightly inspired the hopes of decent and freedom loving…
Every Police Bullet Is aimed At The Constitution – Chandrashekhar Azad Writes From Jail
Dear Indians Jai Bhim, Jai Constitution from Tihar Jail. The way a government responds to our struggle is the best indicator of how strong, constitutional, and in Bahujans’ interest it…
Islamophobia of Indian Nazis
Since 1947, never had post-independent India experienced such a public anti-government outrage and dissent voices. Peaceful protests and brutal state crackdown is happening across India after Parliament passed Citizenship Amendment…
No Nazis this New Year
If the record of December 2019 is anything to go by 2020 promises to be one of great hope for all Indians interested in preserving their country’s traditions of secularism,…
Divide And Rule: The Indian Story of 2019
The Citizenship amendment act of 2019 is another vicious attempt to change the demographics of India. The Act, along with upcoming National Register of citizens will successfully polarize the electorate…
Indian-Australians Hold Protest Against CAA & NRC
Indian-Australians in Sydney held a huge protest against the unconstitutional, bigoted and divisive Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens. Speakers called for the repeal of the CAA…
CAA: Tit for Tat
The niggardly standard of Indian diplomacy with respect to three of its neighbouring countries : Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, is getting exposed. First, the CAB wrongly accused these countries of…
In Solidarity with Shaheen Bagh – From another winter, from another protest
When Winter Came, the Power of the People Blazed On The brave protesters at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi have been on protest since Dec 15 after the brutal attack on…
The Poetry of Protest – Anti CAA-NRC-NPR Stir in Azad Maidan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l91JyUB4uwM As 25,000 to 50,000 people descended on Azad Maidan over a 5 hour period to protest against the CAA-NRC-NPR [Citizenship (Amendment) Act - National Register of Citizens - National…
Your Government Wants Revenge From You
Uttar Pradesh is dealing with CAA as it dealt with crime: encounters. Seventy-six year old advocate Mohammad Shoaib fought to have innocents branded as terrorists under repressive laws released, and risked multiple…
CAA, NRC challenge Indian citizenship
If one considers the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) alone, it appears that the Centre is providing some concessions to 'immigrants' coming from three neighbouring Islamic nations into India, classifying them…
ID Card – A Poem by Anvar Ali
A powerful poem on CAA/NRC by the renowned Malayalm poet Anvar Ali https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GnkBpVgkDc
Ham Bharat ke Log: National Action Against Citizenship Amendment
Stop reign of terror in Uttar Pradesh: ‘Ham Bharat ke Log’ asks for immediate end to brutal suppression of dissent and independent probe into police atrocities For the last one…
Reign Of Terror In U.P Says Fact Finding Report
A fact-finding report, published by a team comprising activist Yogendra Yadav, CPI (ML)’s Kavita Krishnan, and Riad Azam, says that Uttar Pradesh is under a "reign of terror" following the…
Statement in solidarity with IITK students who peacefully marched on 17th December
We stand in complete solidarity with the students of IIT Kanpur who marched on 17th December against the police violence inflicted upon protesting students of AMU, JMI and other universities…
Some Clarifications on Some ‘Clarifications’ on the CAA
Co-Written by Karen Gabriel and Prem Kumar Vijayan The following is a message that has been doing the rounds on WhatsApp and other social media forums. It is apparently a…
CAA Protest: Secular leadership must rise up to save the nation from the fall
The unrest triggered by the passing of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is broiling across the country. Thousands of people, including students and intellectuals, are on the streets fighting…
India needs a National Register For Unemployment (NRU) Not the CAA and NRC
Co- written by, Wakeel Ahmed, Badre Alam Khan and Wasim Ahsan After the passing the unconstitutional CAA by the Indian Parliament on 12th December, 2019; it has created a…
You Are Strangled By The Central Government
Fear of losing the job; fear of statelessness; fear of ending the agronomy; fear of being selling off the country. There is a very uncertain future ahead of the millions…
India: Citizenship Bill Discriminates Against Muslims
To the attention of Prof. Fernand de Varennes Special Rapporteur on minority issues Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland CC: Special…
Government Fails To Establish The Legality of The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
On December 20, 2019, the Press Information Bureau (the “PIB”), the nodal agency of the Indian government that disseminates information about the government policies, published a list of Frequently Asked…
IAPI holds rally against CAA in Surrey
Scores of people came together to denounce the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed by the right wing Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), at a rally organized in Surrey…
The poor aren’t effigies for your protest
The voices rising from all the corners of Assam against the Citizenship Amendment Act (Bill) has divided Assam into two sects- one, which is pro-bill or honors the stand of…
The Goddess Of Big Things
On December 19th, I left Batla House, Jamia Nagar to Lal Quila to see my city swell up in anger. The BJP-led government had passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB)…
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