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Audio podcast: Why the NRC is a threat to the idea of India

by admin|24 March 202124 March 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer March 24, 2021 The National Register of Citizens, or NRC, makes it extremely tough to prove citizenship – often disregarding documents generally considered valid for it. Those excluded from the NRC are to be lodged in detention centres,...

Audio podcast: What is the ‘Gupkar Gang’?

by admin|11 December 202011 December 2020|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer December 12, 2020 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. A new term has been introduced into the political lexicon – ‘Gupkar Gang’. What exactly is the meaning of this term coined...

Audio podcast: The UAPA sword hanging over our freedoms

by admin|21 September 202022 September 2020|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer September 22, 2020 Podcast transcript Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. The recent arrest of Indian student activist Umar Khalid (pictured above) brings into focus yet again the controversial and draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967,...

Audio podcast: Facebook allowing hate speech undermines India’s democracy

by admin|24 August 202024 August 2020|All Indians Matter

Podcast transcript Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. The Wall Street Journal recently exposed how Facebook turned a blind eye to hate speech by BJP lawmakers and Hindutva groups in India. Former Facebook employees told the newspaper that the...

Even the RSS grudgingly acknowledges Rahul as he turns 50

by admin|20 June 202020 June 2020|All Indians Matter

Sujata Anandan June 20, 2020 The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) loves to play the “politics of paradox”. Which means they stand at each end of the pole but sit on neither end, suitably confusing not just their critics but also...