JANTAR MANTAR CRACKDOWN: AISA CHIEF NEHA BORA, ACTIVISTS DETAINED AS PROTESTS TARGET CEC GYANESH KUMAR

The All India Students’ Association (AISA) Delhi unit, along with civil-society activists, organised a protest and public meeting at Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Protesters raised slogans including “Arrest Gyanesh Kumar” and accused the Election Commission of irregularities in the handling of electoral rolls and the SIR exercise. Continue Reading

Kolkata streets erupt over Bengal’s madrasa crackdown: Protesters question a new education order

The West Bengal government, now led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, has ordered the closure of 252 unaided and unrecognised madrasas, commonly called khariji madrasas, after a statewide survey. September 17: Students and activists took to the streets of Kolkata, challenging the West Bengal government’s decision to shut down hundredsContinue Reading

Two Delhi Protests, One Unsettling Question: Who Holds The Police Accountable?

Two separate protests unfolded around Delhi police stations on Friday, bringing protesters, journalists, activists and political leaders into confrontation with a common demand: accountability from the Delhi Police. New Delhi, September 4, 2026: At Parliament Street Police Station, members and supporters of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) demanded strongerContinue Reading

WHEN INNOCENCE RISES: A SIX-YEAR-OLD, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CHILDREN WHO CHANGED HISTORY

There is something stirring about the image of a six-year-old boy holding the Constitution of India. People may think he is too young to understand every word in that enormous book, probably cannot explain Article 14, cannot debate constitutional jurisprudence, and he may not yet understand the full meaning of liberty, equality, fraternity or fundamental rights.Continue Reading

If Rahul Gandhi Has to Sit Outside a Police Station for Justice, What Hope Does an Ordinary Citizen Have?

Rahul Gandhi is one of the most powerful opposition politicians in the country, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, with direct access to Parliament, lawyers, journalists, political networks and national attention, yet has to fight for an FIR to be registered for an injured teenager. A 19-year-old studentContinue Reading