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Clashes at Satyajit Ray Film & Television Instituten in Kolkata
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- Clashes at Satyajit Ray Film & Television Instituten in Kolkata
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Clashes erupted on Sunday, 27 September, between students of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFTI) in Kolkata and members of the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat, over the camps auditorium being allegedly permitted to be used by the organisation, as students cited precedent of the venue not being used for a political event in the past.
Pictures and visuals accessed by The Quint showed several students injured, with demonstrations on the campus with chants of Jai Bhim and 'Go Back RSS'.
The students further claim that police detained the alleged main accused inside the campus, after which a group of people gathered outside and demanded his release.
These claims could not be independently verified immediately. Further details from the police, SRFTI administration and the organisers are awaited.
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- CJP Leader Ashutosh Ranka, Others Detained in Assam
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) co-convenor and spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka was detained by the Assam Police in Guwahati on Sunday, September 27, along with several other CJP members and volunteers, hours before the organisation’s scheduled regional volunteers’ meeting.
According to CJP, more than 30 members and volunteers were detained as they arrived for the meeting, which was originally scheduled to be held at Assam Shree Parshuram Seva Sadan in Athgaon. The party said it was forced to shift the venue to Chowdhury Tila, opposite the Assam Secretariat, after the original venue came under “administrative pressure”.
Ranka, who had arrived in Guwahati a day earlier, was expected to meet local volunteers as part of CJP’s ongoing activities in Assam, including its campaign around government schools and its plans to meet families affected by the revision of electoral rolls.
The party alleged that its members were detained while holding a peacefu...
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- ECI Lapses: Gyanesh Kumar Must Answer and Not Hide Behind Govt Defence | Opinion | The Quint
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- 2:58
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- "Whether the Chief Election Commissioner [Gyanesh Kumar] has acted according to law can only be proved if a proper and impartial investigation is conducted by a committee of persons of unimpeachable integrity. As an interested party, the government has no business meddling in the affair," argues Ashutosh, former AAP member and co-founder of Satya Hindi, as he asks three pointed questions of the election body in light of the Indian Express investigation.
Read the full piece here: https://www.thequint.com/opinion/cec-gyanesh-kumar-due-process-sir-vote-chori
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- 'Why Gyanesh Must Go...': Yogendra Yadav Alleges BJP-CEC 'Nexus'
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- 2:49
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- "These two Election Commissioners themselves do not come out in a shining light, no matter what the newspapers might say," says psephologist and activist Yogendra Yadav, responding to The Indian Express's report that revealed how two of India's three Election Commissioners repeatedly objected to decisions by CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
"They sat in that press conference against Rahul Gandhi; they didn't speak anything. They sat like statues there, but mouna sammathi lakshanam, as they say. If you are silent, you are endorsing what's being said in your presence," he says.
"We are looking at illegality and constitutional fraud."
The SIR process has been riddled with discrepancies, controversies and fears of disenfranchisement among crores of voters across India. But what Yadav delves into is the "jugalbandi" between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the CEC, as he calls it.
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- Bhagat Singh, Urdu and Revolution: Understanding His Multilingual World
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- 17:36
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Ahead of Bhagat Singh’s 119th birth anniversary, Urdunama explores a lesser-known aspect of the revolutionary’s intellectual life: his relationship with the Urdu language and literature.
In this episode, Fabeha Syed speaks to Professor Chaman Lal, former Professor and Chairperson of the Centre of Indian Languages at JNU and honorary advisor to the Bhagat Singh Archives & Resource Centre. A scholar and author of over 50 books, Lal has spent years researching Bhagat Singh’s writings, reading and intellectual legacy.
While Bhagat Singh did not write extensively in Urdu, the language was part of his early education and wider literary and political environment. From Urdu poetry and literature to the language of revolutionary politics, this conversation explores the place Urdu occupied in Bhagat Singh’s intellectual world.
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- Delhi Police Crackdown on Anti-Gyanesh Kumar Protesters: Everything That Happened
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- 3 Hours of Showdown With Delhi Police: What Happened at Anti-SIR Protests Today
Is it a crime in India to peacefully protest against the Chief Election Commissioner? No.
Yet, on Friday, protesters who gathered to demonstrate against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar were stopped from reaching the site by the Delhi Police.
The protest call was given by several civil society groups, the All India Students’ Association (AISA), led by Neha Bora, and activists Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, following The Indian Express’ investigation into the Election Commission’s decision-making around the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Speaking to The Quint earlier in the day, AISA president Neha Bora said that permission for the protest had been denied by the Delhi Police.
When protesters reached the road leading to Jantar Mantar, they found it barricaded. They were not allowed to enter the designat...
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- 'Why Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign': Yogendra Yadav Talks CEC & BJP 'Jugalbandi
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- 30:22
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- Yogendra Yadav, political analyst and co-founder of Swaraj India, speaks to The Quint about the controversy surrounding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission of India (ECI) following The Indian Express investigation into internal objections within the poll panel.
The Indian Express investigation published in September 2026 reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions and processes within the Election Commission, including issues related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, voter deletions and additions, changes to Form 6, access to electoral-roll databases and the centralisation of election-related technology. The objections were also sent to CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
The Election Commission subsequently responded that differing views are part of its decision-making process and said its decisions were unanimous.
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- Female Students Dragged While Protesting Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar | The Quint
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Women protesters were dragged away by Delhi Police after they were stopped from entering Jantar Mantar, where students, activists and civil society groups had gathered to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Several protesters were detained as police restricted entry to the protest site.
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- Activist Yogendra Yadav, AISA President Neha Bora Detained During Protests Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Prominent activist Yogendra Yadav and Neha Bora were detained along with several civil society members during a demonstration at Jantar Mantar. The protest, organized by the All India Students' Association (AISA) and citizen groups, aimed to demand accountability from Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar following internal rifts over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Protesters were heavily restricted and blocked from entering the site due to an alleged lack of police permission.
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- Delhi Police Drags and Detains Those Protesting Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Scores of protesters and protesting students, led by the All India Students' Association (AISA) and civil society groups including Yogendra Yadav and others, were detained at Jantar Mantar on Friday as they sought to demonstrate against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The protesters were stopped from entering the designated protest site, with police telling them they did not have permission to enter.
The protest comes a day after The Indian Express reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections on at least 14 occasions over a 10-month period on decisions linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), including changes to electoral forms and the handling of electoral-roll data. The Election Commission has said these notes were part of its internal decision-making process and maintained that decisions were unanimous.
AISA president Neha Bora spoke to The Quint about the detentions, the pol...
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- AISA President Neha Bora At Protests Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar As Police Detains Protesters
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Several protesters were detained in Delhi on Friday as a demonstration against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar unfolded amid heavy police restrictions. The protest, organised by the All India Students' Association (AISA) along with civil society groups, was announced by AISA president Neha Bora, with activists and public figures including Yogendra Yadav among those backing the call.
But protesters were stopped from entering the designated protest site at Jantar Mantar. Police told them they did not have permission to enter the area, following which several protesters were detained.
In an interview with The Quint, Bora spoke about the police action, the restrictions on the protest and why the groups are demanding accountability from the Election Commission.
The protest comes amid growing criticism of Kumar following reports about disagreements within the Election Commission over decisions linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of elector...
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- Jantar Mantar Protests Against Gyanesh Kumar | Why is Delhi Police Detaining Protesters? | The Quint
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Delhi Police has stopped protesters at Jantar Mantar, saying they do not have permission to protest against Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Protesters have been allowed to enter the area, but police say they cannot hold the protest.
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- 'My Questions on Gyanesh Kumar Ignored': Rahul Gandhi Demands Resignation of Election Commissioner
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, escalating his attack on the Election Commission after *The Indian Express* reported that two Election Commissioners had raised objections to decisions taken by the poll body over the past 10 months.
Addressing a press conference, Gandhi said, “From vote chori comes kanoon chori. Today the vote is gone, the law-making system is gone,” alleging that questions around the electoral process also raised concerns about the legitimacy of laws and institutions created through it.
He also alleged that “elections are being rigged” and questioned how anti-incumbency, which he said had affected political parties in the past, appeared to have disappeared in recent elections.
The Congress leader said Gyanesh Kumar “should resign” and questioned the circumstances under which he was appointed CEC.
The rem...
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- '60 Cases of Anti-Christian Hate In 4 Months': Report on West Bengal | The Quint
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- At least 60 incidents of hate crime against Christians have taken place since May 2026 shortly after BJP came to power in Bengal, a new India Hate Lab report stated. The string of cases includes raids on churches, prayer meetings and harassment of Christian women.
This mob violence is not happening in a vacuum. The pattern of violence follows the same template that The Quint reported on earlier this year from Madhya Pradesh. A Hindutva campaign against Christians, watch our full documentary linked with this video.
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- CJP Gives CEC Gyanesh Kumar 48 Hours to Resign, Lists 3 Demands | The Quint
- Runtime
- 2:06
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- In a press conference today, the Cockroach Janata Party has given Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar 48 hours to resign and called for an independent investigation into the SIR exercise. Their three demands include halting SIR-related exclusions, reviewing the electoral rolls, and changing the process for appointing Election Commissioners. It has also sought clarification from EC officials and release of relevant records. Watch the video for more!
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- Filmmaker Shruti Ganguly On Climate of Hostility in Hollywood Regarding Advocacy for Palestine
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Filmmaker Shruti Ganguly reflects on attending the Oscars with ‘Ceasefire’ written on her arm for Gaza, amid a climate of hostility in Hollywood regarding advocacy for Palestine. Watch the full episode of VIGILANT here on The Quint's YouTube channel.
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- US Losing Scientists and Students Due to Trump's Crackdown: Prof CB Bhattacharya | The Quint
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- “The United States is losing scientists, we are losing teachers, we are losing students clearly to other parts of the world,” says CB Bhattacharya, Professor of Organizations & Entrepreneurship at the University of Pittsburgh, about the impact of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on US universities. Watch the full episode of VIGILANT here on The Quint's YouTube channel.
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- UCC by 2029: Amit Shah's Hindutva Reboot? | The Quint
- Runtime
- 2:41
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- Opinion | Amit Shah’s announcement that all NDA-ruled states will enact the Uniform Civil Code by 2029 comes at a politically significant moment for the Bharatiya Janata Party.
In a detailed analysis, journalist Manish Anand examines what the UCC push could mean for the BJP’s Hindutva politics and its allies, particularly the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Janata Dal (United). With several NDA allies yet to deliberate on the UCC, the question is how the BJP’s push could affect alliance politics.
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- Veteran Diplomat Vivek Katju on 'Vishwaguru' Foreign Policy | The Quint
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- In a recent article, The New York Times, known to be a critic of the Modi government, heaped praise upon the Indian PM's foreign policy choices, especially his "deal-making" spree. Former Ambassador and veteran diplomat Vivek Katju feels that the NYT article or jubilation over the successful hosting of BRICS fail to articulate the challenges the Indian foreign policy faces, especially in the age of tech and AI, an epoch that Western nations have already crossed with China fast catching up.
Watch the full interview and read the full article for more.
https://www.thequint.com/author/2074/vivek-katju
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- Deal Maker Modi? Veteran Diplomat Vivek Katju Decodes NYT's Sudden Praise for PM
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- 14:30
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- In a recent article, The New York Times, known to be a critic of the Narendra Modi government, heaped praise upon the Indian Prime Minister's foreign policy choices, especially Modi's "deal-making" spree. Former Ambassador and veteran diplomat Vivek Katju feels that the NYT article or jubilation over the successful hosting of BRICS fail to articulate the challenges the Indian foreign policy faces, especially in the age of tech and AI, an epoch that Western nations have already crossed with China fast catching up. In this interview with The Quint's Rakhi Bose, Katju talks about India's foreign policy options, the American conundrum, and whether Modi government's "deal-making" and "Vishwa Guru" policies are enough to tide India over to the next phase of global geopolitics.
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- Ex Ambassador Vivek Katju Decodes NYT's Sudden Praise for PM Modi | The Quint
- Runtime
- 14:30
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- In a recent article, The New York Times, known to be a critic of the Narendra Modi government, heaped praise upon the Indian Prime Minister's foreign policy choices, especially Modi's "deal-making" spree. Former Ambassador and veteran diplomat Vivek Katju feels that the NYT article or jubilation over the successful hosting of BRICS fail to articulate the challenges the Indian foreign policy faces, especially in the age of tech and AI, an epoch that Western nations have already crossed with China fast catching up. In this interview with The Quint's Rakhi Bose, Katju talks about India's foreign policy options, the American conundrum, and whether Modi government's "deal-making" and "Vishwa Guru" policies are enough to tide India over to the next phase of global geopolitics.
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- The Five Baby Orangutans in Odisha Are Not a Happy Rescue Story | The Quint
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Opinion | On 8 September, villagers in Odisha’s Balasore district came across five infant orangutans in the Ranakantha Reserve Forest. They were only six to eight months old, three females and two males. They should have been high in the rainforest canopies of Indonesia, clinging to their mothers. Instead, they were in Odisha. Kanwal Singh writes on why this isn't a happy rescue story.
Read the full article here:
https://www.thequint.com/opinion/five-baby-orangutans-odisha-not-a-happy-rescue-story-indonesia
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- Protests at IIT Bombay After Student Ends Life Following Cheating Allegations
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Protests erupted at IIT Bombay campus after a student died by suicide hours after being accused of cheating in an examination on Thursday, 18 September. The incident occurred after Sahil Wakude, a second-year student in the Energy Science & Engineering Department, was allegedly caught during an examination with a mobile phone on which he had allegedly uploaded the question paper to ChatGPT, reports said.
According to police officials quoted by The Indian Express, no disciplinary action had been taken against Wakude and he had been told that the incident would not affect his academic career.
Students, seen raising slogans in the campus amid police presence, were upset with the Director, Prof Shireesh Kedare for allegedly meeting them four hours after the protests began. The gathering was later shifted to the Convocation Hall.
The mid-semester examinations were reportedly postponed following the death.
This is the fourth recorded case o...
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- Gheebat: Gossip, Backbiting and the Art of Gheebat
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- 12:48
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- We all say we hate gossip, but somehow, someone else’s business is always a little too interesting. In this episode of Urdunama, Fabeha Syed takes a closer look at gheebat, meaning the art of talking about people behind their backs. From everyday gossip and the conversations that bring us closer to poetry by Firaq Gorakhpuri and Yagana Changezi, we explore why we love to talk about other people’s lives, what it does to our relationships, and where the line between venting and backbiting really lies. Tune in.
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- “I Am Called the ‘Difficult One’ at Home”: Radhika Apte on Boundaries & Relationships | The Quint
- Runtime
- 13:41
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- In a conversation with The Quint #vijayvarma , Radhika Apte, Radhika Madan, Abhishek Banerjee, #vikramaditya Motwane, and Shakun Batra talk about #luststories3 emotional intimacy, desire, communication and the changing nature of relationships.
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Quick Guide:
00:00 Intro
1:23 Vikramaditya Motwane on dealing with emotional intimacy in his story
2:47 Shakun Batra on exploring different love languages in relationships
3:10 “Lust fills the gap in their relationship”
3:50 Radhika Madan on the film urging people to separate the health of a marriage from physical intimacy
4:05 “Women are conditioned to compromise”
5:36 “The biggest currency anyone can spend on a relationship ...
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- Deal-Maker Modi? Decoding NYT's Sudden Praise for India's Foreign Policy | The Quint
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- In a recent article, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy received a thumbs up from the New York Times which has usually been a harsh critic of his governance record. Veteran former diplomat Vivek Katju analyses what the article got right—and what it missed in its assessment about PM Modi's 'deal-making' abroad—now with the BRICS Summit 2026 wrapped up, too.
Read the article here: https://www.thequint.com/opinion/nyt-article-praises-modi-foreign-policy-donald-trump
[BRICS, PM Modi, The New York Times]
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- “Men With Self-Respect Will Not Commit a Crime Against Women”: Prithviraj Sukumaran | The Quint
- Runtime
- 20:38
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- In a conversation with The Quint, Meghna Gulzar, #kareenakapoorkhan and #prithvirajsukumaran spoke about its 'A' certification, conversations around safety and self-respect that they have with their children, the urgency for a film like #Daayra, how their own perspectives have evolved through the years and more.
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- She Ran 3 KM to Feed Her Daughter: Why Is It 'Inspirational'? | The Quint
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Ramabai, a 47-year-old cook from Ambajogai in Maharashtra's Beed district, ran barefoot in her saree and won a local 3 km race so that she could feed her daughter. Yet, the media frames it as a feel-good ‘triumph’ story, and not a story of exploitation and systemic failure. Dushyant Arora asks: Who really benefits when poverty is sold as inspiration?
Link to read the full story: https://www.thequint.com/opinion/ramabai-mom-runs-barefoot-3-km-to-win-5k-media-masking-inequality
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- Kunal Kemmu: “I Didn’t Know Directing a Legend Like Sharmila Tagore Was on My Checklist” | The Quint
- Runtime
- 9:51
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- In a conversation with The Quint, Kunal Kemmu talks about why he chose a theatrical release for Vibe, calling action on mother-in-law #sharmilatagore agore, working with #PreityZinta whom he was 'too shy to talk' to earlier, and answers if the industry has become risk-averse.
Quick Guide:
00:00 Intro
00:58 "I had never met Preity Zinta before 'Vibe'"
2:27 On calling action to her mother-in-law and legandary actor Sharmila Tagore
2:50 "Soha told me, 'Amma said, 'there better be a cameo for her in her film'"
3:15 "I didn't know it was on my checklist to direct a legend like her"
3:30 On Sharmila Tagore's work ethics
4:19 On whose creative instincts he relies on
4:49 "Soha is my first bouncing board"
5:30 "'Kalyug' would do much better numbers today"
6:30 On the industry ben risk-averse
8:10 "I am now in the driver'se seat"
9:00 On 'Vibe' releasing in the theatres
From exposing m...
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- 6 Years On, What Gives Umar Khalid Hope in Tihar Jail? | The Quint
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- As he completes six years in Tihar jail, reading news reports about students and young people protesting the NEET paper leak made Umar Khalid feel a rise of "restlessness”, he said, speaking to his friends and family. He longs to somehow “get the sensory taste of the potential of dissent” and be surrounded by “the charismatic youth of my country”. More than anything, these reports lift him out of despair.
"The experiences of the last twelve years have demonstrated to them that the RSS-BJP are not working for nation-building, but are destroying it brick by brick. I also read some reports about students carrying placards calling for my release. I smile within and feel the warmth of camaraderie," he said.
For Khalid, the significance lies in the fact that despite “all the lies, all the propaganda, and all the violence and threats”, young people have not been deterred from exercising their freedom and agency. “They are once again proclaiming to the...
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- Opinion: Can a 1960 Framework Address Today’s Climate Risks? | The Quint
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- 1:15
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- 20 days ago
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- Opinion | The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in 1960, more than six decades ago. But the Indus basin today is not the same river system that existed when the treaty was negotiated.
So the question is not simply whether India can “cut off” water access to Pakistan. It is also whether a framework designed in 1960 is flexible enough to govern a river basin facing a changing climate, new environmental pressures and evolving infrastructure risks, writes climate systems expert Pratik Kad.
Read the full story on The Quint: https://www.thequint.com/climate-change/indus-waters-treaty-india-pakistan-modern-problems-new-framework
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- 6 Years in Prison: Umar Khalid Shares What Makes Him 'Spiral to a Bad Place' | The Quint
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
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- 'Sometimes, I spiral into a bad place': Today marks six years of Umar Khalid in prison without trial. Here's what he wrote to friends and family.
Six years in prison can sound like an enormous, almost incomprehensible stretch of time. But inside, Umar Khalid writes, time is experienced differently – through the heat that wakes him at night, the breathlessness that sends his body into panic, the books he reads, the music that brings back memories, and the waiting.
"Most nights, the heat makes me wake up after a few hours from breathlessness. The thing about breathlessness is that it makes the otherwise involuntary breathing visible and shatters bodily transparency. The acute physical agony is completely invisible to anyone other than your body, and I might even go on to say that this overwhelming experience is total," he says.
"Inside the prison, the heart induced breathlessness, or breathlessness by other causes, is taken as a part of the condit...
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- Opinion: Vikram's Murder Isn't Just 'Senseless' Violence. It’s a Symptom of a Lonely City
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- 1:24
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- 21 days ago
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- Opinion | Chongtham Vikram Singh, a 54-year-old guitarist and music teacher from Manipur, succumbed after an alleged assault below his Southeast Delhi home, reportedly for objecting to late-night shouting and disturbance. Despite Delhi's neighbourhoods bristling with an armoury of protection—gates, guards, cameras, biometric entries, RWAs, surveillance screens, and patrols—how can a resident still stand unprotected at the doorstep, asks Navina Jafa.
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- Raghav's Take: Why are Foreign Investors Leaving India? | The Quint
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- 1:27
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- 21 days ago
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- India’s FDI story has two sides. Capital has continued to enter the country, but a significant share has also been heading back out. With $366 billion in fresh FDI and $230 billion leaving through repatriation or disinvestment over six years, the numbers raise an important question: why is so much capital fleeing India?
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- 6 Years in Tihar Jail: Umar Khalid Narrates His Day in Prison in a Letter to Friends & Family
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- 2:53
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
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- What does it mean to have only three phone calls a week to speak to your friends and family? In this video, we bring you Umar Khalid’s first-person account, as narrated to his friends and family and published first on The Quint, of what these five-minute phone calls mean to him inside Tihar Jail.
“After lunch, I make notes for my next phone call with friends or family. I arrange the various things I want to talk about in their order of preference, and allot time for each.”
Khalid writes that he is “allowed to make three 5 minute phone calls in a week” – and that prison has taught him that “every second is precious”.
“Before prison, I never estimated the value of time, especially the time that one spends in talking to your loved ones.”
He describes having to prepare for these calls, “choosing the most appropriate words that might be precise enough to convey what I am feeling and thinking”. And in those five minu...
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- Raghav's Take: Why did $230 Bn Flee BIT by BIT? | The Quint
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- India’s foreign investment story is not just about how much money comes in, but how much eventually leaves. Over six years, $366 billion entered India as fresh FDI, while $230 billion was repatriated or disinvested. As capital continues to flee bit by bit, what does this reveal about the state of India’s dollar economy?
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- Inside Umar Khalid’s Tihar Jail Life: 6 Years, One Prison Diary & A Day Behind Bars | The Quint
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- 2:59
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- What does life inside Tihar Jail look like when every day follows the same routine? In this video, we bring you Umar Khalid’s first-person account as narrated to his friends and family, published first on The Quint, of a day behind bars, as he completes six years in prison.
“Khalid utho, haath hilaao. Khalid, abbay zinda hai?” — these are the words that begin his day inside the prison ward. Khalid talks about waking up to the sound of wardens counting prisoners, sharing space with inmates, waiting in lines for basic facilities, receiving censored newspapers, making limited phone calls with family, and helping fellow prisoners with legal applications.
From the early morning “ginti” (prisoner count) to the final lock-up at night, Khalid describes the sounds, routines, friendships, restrictions and small moments that define life inside one of India’s most high-profile prisons.
Umar Khalid has remained in custody for six years while the ...
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- Ground Report: Inside Bihar's Flood Crisis | The Quint
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- Manas village, about 12 kilometres from Patna, has been inundated by Ganga floodwaters since 29 August. When The Quint visited, most trees stood submerged up to 80 percent of their height. But, even as Bihar grapples with floods that have affected 44 lakh people, many stranded residents said they were still waiting for relief.
Link to read the full ground report: https://www.thequint.com/climate-change/bihar-floods-relief-camps-outnumber-victims-govt-aid
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Reporter: Umesh Kumar Ray
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- Tasleem: The Meaning of Acceptance, Surrender and Letting Go in Urdu Poetry
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- 13:34
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- What does it mean to tasleem something? More than simply accepting what is, tasleem can mean shades of acknowledgement, surrender, respect and making peace with what cannot be changed. In this episode of Urdunama, Fabeha Syed explores the word through the poetry of Ghalib, Hali, Javed Akhtar, Jigar Moradabadi and Hafeez Jalandhari, and discovers how acceptance can sometimes be its own form of courage.
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- ‘You Are Admitting There Was Fudging…’: Subhash Chandra Garg on The GDP Controversy | The Quint
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- What has caused the fundamental trust deficit around India’s official economic statistics? Former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg unpacks the controversy in an interview with The Quint.
Head on to The Quint to watch the full interview.
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- Inside BJP's War on Madrasas | Harsh Mander | The Quint
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- 2:49
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Madrasas have been part of India’s social and cultural history for centuries. So why are BJP governments cutting their funding, shutting them down, and pushing a narrative that they are “terror hubs”?
In his latest Hum Dekhenge column for The Quint, Harsh Mander examines the campaign against madrasas and what it means for education and the constitutional rights of India’s Muslims.
Click on the link to read the full piece: https://www.thequint.com/opinion/bjp-squeezing-madrasa-out-of-indias-education-system
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- Satya Niketan Building Collapse: DU Students Demand Safe Hostels | The Quint
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- 0:56
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- 24 days ago
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- After the devastating building collapse in Delhi's Satya Niketan area, Delhi University students living in the area told The Quint that with university hostels severely lacking, students are forced to pay exorbitant rents (₹15,000 - ₹20,000) for unsafe, crumbling PGs. Hear from the students directly about the urgent need for safe, affordable campus housing in our ground report here.
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- Boards Advertising PGs in Delhi’s Satya Niketan Area Go Missing Amid MCD Action | The Quint
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- After the building collapse in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area, authorities have started taking action against other such ‘illegal’ PGs. Meanwhile, nearby hostels and PGs have now started removing their boards from outside their buildings to avoid scrutiny.
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- 6 Years in Tihar Jail: Umar Khalid Narrates His Day in Prison in a Letter to Friends & Family
- Runtime
- 7:17
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- What does life inside Tihar Jail look like when every day follows the same routine? In this video, we bring you Umar Khalid’s first-person account of a day behind bars, as he completes six years in prison.
From the early morning “ginti” (prisoner count) to the final lock-up at night, Umar Khalid describes the sounds, routines, friendships, restrictions and small moments that define life inside one of India’s most well-known prisons.
“Khalid utho, haath hilaao. Khalid, abbay zinda hai?” — these are the words that begin his day inside the prison ward. Umar Khalid has remained in custody for six years while the legal proceedings continue. His supporters have called his incarceration an example of the challenges faced by dissenters and political prisoners in India, while authorities have maintained their allegations against him.
In his prison diary, Umar Khalid writes about waking up to the sound of wardens counting prisoners, sharing sp...
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- 6 Years in Tihar Jail: Umar Khalid Narrates His Day in Prison in a Letter to Friends & Family
- Runtime
- 7:17
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- What does life inside Tihar Jail look like when every day follows the same routine? In this video, we bring you Umar Khalid’s first-person account of a day behind bars, as he completes six years in prison.
From the early morning “ginti” (prisoner count) to the final lock-up at night, Umar Khalid describes the sounds, routines, friendships, restrictions and small moments that define life inside one of India’s most well-known prisons.
“Khalid utho, haath hilaao. Khalid, abbay zinda hai?” — these are the words that begin his day inside the prison ward. Umar Khalid has remained in custody for six years while the legal proceedings continue. His supporters have called his incarceration an example of the challenges faced by dissenters and political prisoners in India, while authorities have maintained their allegations against him.
In his prison diary, Umar Khalid writes about waking up to the sound of wardens counting prisoners, sharing sp...
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- 'RTI Exposed 1700+ Illegal Buildings in South Zone of Delhi, Why Did the MCD Not Act Before?'
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- One of the people living in Delhi's Satya Niketan area claimed that an RTI filed by him found that over 1,700 buildings in Delhi's South Zone had been flagged as 'illegal constructions', yet action has only been taken on 89 of them. Residents ask why the MCD did not act before this tragedy.
Watch our report here: https://youtu.be/CabbOt16xhc?si=Qj4O9n9Prm31FE3_
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- “I Stand By What I Said,” Says Subhash Chandra Garg | The Quint
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- After raising questions over India’s GDP numbers, former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg says he “stands by” his concerns, arguing that the government’s clarification and FAQs have failed to adequately address them.
Watch the full interview on The Quint.
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- Raghav's Take: The Dark Side of India's Economic Boom | The Quint
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- India’s economic story looked promising: growth crossed 8%, FDI surged, crude prices fell, Aadhaar expanded and GST was rolled out nationwide. But beneath that optimism lies another story. While India received $366 billion in fresh FDI over six years, $230 billion flowed back out through repatriation and disinvestment.
What does this tell us about India’s dollar economy?
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- Satya Niketan Building Collapse: How Delhi’s Hostel Crisis Is Putting Students at Risk | The Quint
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- 9:42
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- The recent building collapse has exposed the critical state of infrastructure and the acute shortage of hostel accommodation, leaving Delhi University students in precarious living conditions.
In this ground report, The Quint investigates the aftermath of the collapse, speaking directly with those on the ground who have been sounding the alarm about crumbling structures, neglect by authorities, and the lack of safe, accessible hostel facilities. Why were warning signs ignored, and what immediate measures are being taken to prevent another tragedy?
Watch the full report to hear from those affected and what the authorities have to say.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction & The Ground Reality
01:39 - What Caused the Collapse?
04:22 - Voices From the Ground: The Struggle for Safe Housing
05: 18 - Hostel Shortage & Systemic Neglect
08: 17 - Administrative Accountability & The Road Ahead
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- Demolition of Building Next to Collapsed Satya Niketan PG Begins Without Proper Safety Precautions
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- The building next to the collapsed PG in Delhi’s Satya Niketan is being demolished three days after the tragedy. However, the administration's negligence seems to continue, as safety has been completely sidelined, and workers in the adjacent building undergoing demolition work are working without helmets or any safety gear, putting their lives at severe risk. Follow The Quint for more.
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