Supreme Court orders release of NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha, declares his arrest illegal

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剎那 chànà (< Skt. क्षण kṣaṇa) ‘instant’ is my favourite Sanskrit loan in Chinese. Sā́mapriyaḣ informed me that the Bengali word এখন ækʰɔn ‘now’ is এ ‘this’ + খন ‘instant’ < Skt. क्षण. ‘這剎那’ would be a Chinese calque on it and I think it’d be a wonderful word for ‘now’.

The Delhi Police has made grave, sweeping allegations against journalists in the NewsClick case.

Their only proof? Witness statements -- without any additional corroboration.

Important report by Vineet Bhalla
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But really, who cycles in Indian cities?

How do intl talks on plastics in Canada affect ppl in Panipat? Towards a Global Plastics Treaty, India focusses only on managing plastic waste, but not on other ways plastic pollutes, like in manufacturing it. How does this impact people on ground? Latest:
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Of course BJP-JDS must be made to pay electorally for promoting Prajwal Revanna. But it's not about one party but about the impunity Vokkaligas enjoy in Karnataka. We can't lose sight of Revanna's feudal caste location and how rape and violence is part and parcel of landlordism

Aryeh Neier, founder of Human Rights Watch and former skeptic of genocide charges against Israel:

'I am now persuaded that Israel is engaged in genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.'

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Mrinal Sen's birthday? Last year, I wrote this primer on Sen for Jacobin. I did it solely cuz I wanted a byline with Jacobin, one of those itches I wanted to scratch. I don't like the edit in the last paragraph. Wtf is that? Doesn't make sense. Anyway...

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Pre-Order link is up: please book your copy of my first historical novel~
A Firestorm in Paradise: A novel on the 1857 Uprising
Penguin India A Suitable Agency

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India's metros: Where some of the world's worst living conditions coexist seamlessly with superpower projections.

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'Some people love prawn potol, some jhinge prawns, some love prawn malai curry.

Modi babu why don't you taste some of these? I'll cook it for you.'

Banerjee's counter to Modi's 'meat=Mughal' attack.

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BJP's Hyderabad candidate made Muslim voters remove their veil in order to 'check identity'!
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Fearing an existential threat from an authoritarian BJP, AAP and Congress have joined hands in Delhi.

But can the Congress forget that it was the AAP that actually reduced it to third place in the city?

Abhik Deb reports:
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The Delhi Police has made grave, sweeping allegations against journalists in the NewsClick case.

Their only proof? Witness statements -- without any additional corroboration.

Important report by Vineet Bhalla
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The popular Indian singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya’s striking resemblance to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has become a viral sensation in Egypt, spotlighting nostalgia for the supposedly good old days, writes Surbhi Gupta. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/an-i…