A sea of red and saffron flags flanked either side of the metal spires of Gate No. 4 of Jadavpur University on 20 August the day after the campus came under attack from a violent mob the night before. Rakhi Bose reports on how the university stood its ground following the midnight attack. From Rajasthan, Aliza Noor reports on the brutal assault of a Dalit journalist in Udaipur, where authorities filed two FIRs, including one against the victim.
In Perspectives, former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg evaluates data proving that the newly introduced VB-GRAM G scheme has systematically dismantled India’s once-watertight rural job guarantee framework. Meanwhile, Jose Kurian exposes how Kerala Police were kept completely in the dark regarding Gujarat Police’s recent raids in the journalist Ravi Nair case. Also read: A ‘My Report’ from a PhD scholar highlighting his struggle as a UGC-NET aspirant trying to balance intense re-exam alongside his PhD commitments. All this and more in today’s newsletter.
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Ground Reports
‘They Hurled Fire, Rape Threats’: JU Stands Ground After ABVP’s Midnight Attack
‘Don’t We Have the Right to Love Jesus?’: Christians in Bengal Live in Fear
‘Tu Sala N**ch’: Dalit Journalist Beaten In Udaipur, 2 FIRs Filed, 1 Against Him
Ravi Nair Case: Kerala Police Were ‘Clueless’ about Gujarat Counterpart’s Raids
Perspectives
VB-GRAM G Has Killed India’s Watertight Job Guarantee Scheme. Data Proves it
Why the BJP-RSS Have Lost Moral Ground as India’s Arbiters
Curtains Down for Bandra’s Neville D’Souza Field? Mumbai Will Feel the Loss
My Report
UGC-NET Re-exam: ‘NTA Has Given Us 23 Days. Preparing Alongside a PhD is a Lot’
Fact-Checks
No, This Isn’t Mallikarjun Kharge Carrying Rajiv, Rahul Gandhi’s Bags
Old Video of Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan Leaving a Hospital Shared as Recent
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