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My mother was born into a traditional upper-caste, upper-middle-class family. Though her upbringing came with its share of restrictions for women, the mindset in her household was not as conservative as that of my father’s family. My father, hailing from a Peshawari lineage, grew up in a household with a…

What are the caste origins of words such as “rowdy” and “goonda” in the police vocabulary? Did India’s caste system help colonial anthropology? What was the role of eugenics in the creation of the country’s modern police force? How do Dalit women negotiate in the savarna-dominated judiciary? And what does…

The Supreme Court has sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response to a petition filed by Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan seeking relaxation of a bail condition in a UAPA case that requires him to report to the state’s Hathras police station every Monday, Livelaw reported. 

Fearing for their safety in strife-torn Manipur, students at Imphal’s Indian Institute of Information Technology-Manipur have written to the institute’s director asking permission to return to their home states.

Atishi Marlena will be the new Chief Minister of Delhi after the resignation of incumbent CM and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal.

Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda has extended an apology to India Today US correspondent Rohit Sharma, who was reportedly “assaulted” by Congress workers at Dallas in Texas when he was interviewing Pitroda ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s US visit.  

The Hindenburg Research report alleging multiple conflicts of interest by SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch came out on August 10. Since then, many other questions have been raised about alleged improprieties. But so far, the Narendra Modi government has remained quiet on the issue, neither initiating an investigation nor action…

बांग्लादेश के पत्रकार मुजम्मिल बाबू, श्यामल दत्ता और महबुबूर रहमान को कथित तौर पर एक ड्राइवर के साथ उस वक्त हिरासत में लिया गया, जब वे सोमवार को मैमनसिंह में धोबौरा सीमा से अवैध रूप से भारत में प्रवेश करने की कोशिश कर रहे थे.

In this week's episode of Let Me Explain, TNM's Pooja Prasanna breaks down the controversy surrounding the Modi government’s alleged denial of education funds to five opposition-ruled states – Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Punjab, and Delhi.