Mohd Ziyaullah Khan
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Why Did It Take 13 Years for ‘Shahid’ to Find an OTT Home? The Question Behind Its Long Digital Silence | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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Hansal Mehta’s Shahid, the National Award-winning film based on the life of lawyer and human rights activist Shahid Azmi, has finally arrived on Prime Video after nearly 13 years. Its arrival isn’t just about an old movie landing on a new streaming service. It reopens a much bigger conversation about what happens to movies that dare to tackle topics like dissent, state power, terrorism, and the rights of the accused. When Shahid hit theaters in 2013, it was a modest film carrying a massive story
111 Elected Lawmakers Changed Parties: What Does It Mean for the Voter’s Mandate? | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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India’s elections are fought around parties, candidates, leaders, local issues and national narratives. Voters may have several reasons for choosing a candidate. But once the result is declared, the winning representative enters the legislature under the identity of the party on whose ticket the election was contested. A new analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch shows how frequently that political identity can change after an election. According to
EC Under Scrutiny: What the Indian Express Report Reveals About the SIR and India’s Electoral Rolls | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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The ongoing controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has evolved into a significant discussion about internal decision-making, technological control, and voter rights in India. Reported objections by two Election Commissioners within the Election Commission of India (ECI) have brought to light important questions regarding how voter lists are updated and maintained. At its core, the debate centers on a fundamental issue: how the electoral administration ens
When Penguin India Bowed to Power: The Sonia Gandhi Memoir Controversy | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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As we see Penguin Random House India has sought changes and deletions to CPP Mrs. Sonia Gandhi memoir—changes that she reportedly rejected certainly raise serious and troubling questions. The controversy becomes even more significant because the international edition of the memoir is being published by Penguin Random House internationally. If the same publisher is willing to publish the book for a global audience, why did its Indian arm allegedly seek changes and deletions? What was the rational
When Defending Manusmriti Becomes an Assault on Women’s Equality | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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Ever since the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, spoke to female students in Maharashtra on August 22, 2026, against the “Manusmriti mindset”, called on students to “smash patriarchy”, and said that women belonged to themselves—not to their fathers, husbands or sons—there appears to have been a storm in BJP circles. BJP supporters rushing to defend the Manusmriti should surprise no one. For years, the politics of cultural nationalism has selectively elevated ancient texts and traditions as
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