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Authors Marie Brenner and Amy Waldman were among those who reportedly skipped the event after objections were raised over the participation of BJP national spokesperson Shazia Ilmi.

Shortly before he was attacked, Rushdie joined with dozens of Indian literary artists to lament the rise of Hindu nationalism and the fragile state of the country's democracy.

A path-breaking initiative by pro-Palestine advocacy groups in Massachusetts that seeks to connect the dots between Zionism and Western imperialism has created tremors in the power corridors of the US as well as the pro-Israel lobbies in the country.

Anger among Muslims that lucrative deal may be enriching Indian BJP activists, whose Islamophobia has been widely reported

Indian authorities are in international damage control mode after controversial comments about the Prophet Mohammed by a senior ruling party official sparked a diplomatic spat. But inside the country,…

Indian authorities are in international damage control mode after controversial comments about the Prophet Mohammed by a senior ruling

Delhi’s silence on violence directed at media increase risks for India’s journalists, analysts say

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India critics popped up after govt cut off foreign NGO funding in 2016-17 Sun Online Desk 5th August, 2021 01:46:25 PM The Indian government cancelled the registration of 18,868 NGOs between 2011-17 for the violation of various provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, and Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011. The government also tightened FCRA rules as a result of which the foreign funding that non-profits in India received in 2016-17 fell by Rs 11,274 crore (from...

Does reading fiction make you a better person? Moneycontrol 2 hours ago © Chanpreet Khurana Does reading fiction make you a better person? In a new episode of the Polis Project podcast, author Mohammad Hanif sardonically says: “I’m not one of those people who thinks that people who read books or write books are inherently better than those who don’t…you have some very well-read monsters.” He was specifically referring to the rooms of lawyers and judges, “made up of big, fat boo...