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Gandhi at Independence – Part 2: ‘From today, you have to wear the crown of thorns’

by admin|15 August 202115 August 2021|All Indians Matter

This is the conclusion of a two-part series on how Gandhi spent the days leading up to Independence and just after. Tushar A Gandhi August 15, 2021 Delhi was lit up and preparations to usher in India’s freedom were in...

Gandhi at Independence – Part 1: ‘As long as my faith burns bright, I shall be alive in the grave’

by admin|14 August 202114 August 2021|All Indians Matter

This is the first of a two-part series on how Gandhi spent the days leading up to Independence and just after. The second part will be published tomorrow. Tushar A Gandhi August 14, 2021 August 1947 A correspondent from Hyderabad...

Audio: What Father Stan Swamy’s death says about us

by admin|10 July 202110 July 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer July 10, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. If you were to believe the Indian government, then an 84-year-old Jesuit priest who suffered from such advanced Parkinson’s Disease that he...

Gandhi had warned us about corruption in elections

by admin|19 April 202119 April 2021|All Indians Matter

Tushar Gandhi April 19 , 2021 We need an electorate which is impartial, independent and intelligent. If the electors do not interest themselves in national affairs and remain unconcerned with what goes on in their midst, and if they elect...

Sedition law an imperial legacy, a tool of subjugation

by admin|02 April 202102 April 2021|All Indians Matter

Tushar Gandhi April 2, 2021 What is the sedition law? Indian Penal Code, 1860, 71 [124A Sedition] Whoever, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred...

Audio podcast: The space for dissent and freedoms is shrinking in India

by admin|31 March 202131 March 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer March 31, 2021 Recently, the V-Dem Institute declared India an ‘electoral autocracy’, pointing to a sharp decline in democratic freedoms. This is in line with what we’re seeing on the ground – the space for dissent, opposition, freedom...

Audio podcast: What happened to the Indian news media?

by admin|10 October 202024 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer October 10, 2020 A fair press that asks probing questions to the government is a pillar of democracy. In India, however, there has been a fall in media standards and in many cases an abandonment of journalism altogether...

This Gandhi Jayanti, get up, stand up

by admin|01 October 202001 October 2020|All Indians Matter

Tushar Gandhi October 2, 2020 Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen; they dare not give it up without ceasing to exist. – MK Gandhi, Young India, January 5, 1922 We are celebrating the 151stth birth anniversary of...

Audio podcast: Why I created All Indians Matter

by admin|29 September 202024 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer September 30, 2020 Podcast transcript Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. This episode is going live on World Podcasting Day 2020, so today I want to talk about why I launched All Indians...

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

by admin|24 August 202024 May 2021|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...