Riots

Do we know what it feels like to be part of a mob? Revati Laul’s The Anatomy of Hate, shortlisted for The Hindu Prize for Non-Fiction, answers this question and raises several others about society’s propensity to hate. An excerpt from a short interview:What made you want to tell the…

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The Department of Justice has launched a civil rights probe of the prisons.February 11, 2020, 9:29 PM6 min read A 54-year-old inmate died this week at Mississippi's most notorious penitentiary, the 16th prisoner since late December to perish in the state's correctional facilities, where living conditions have been called inhumane…

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As of February 2020, more than 1000 individuals had registered to run for president in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, though you've probably only ever heard a fraction of their names. But as Election Day looms closer, and the state primaries continue to decide the frontrunners, more of the most…

Les Miserables, a French film about police brutality set in the banlieues, or suburbs, of Paris is up for an Oscar for the best international feature. Director Ladj Ly, who has made several documentaries, grew up where the film is set, in Montfermeil. The suburb features in Victor Hugo's famous 1862 novel and is where riots broke…

At the beginning of an election year, national news anchors and political journalists start talking about Iowa quite a bit more than they usually do. Thats because Iowa holds the very first caucus of the presidential nomination process, and its considered an …

Written by Parimal A Dabhi | Ahmedabad | Updated: February 7, 2020 7:48:12 am Defending the continuous imposition of Section 144 (prohibiting unlawful assembly) in the city, ACP Patel has in his affidavit stated, “Ahmedabad city is the biggest city in Gujarat and it is very active politically as well…

Few video games have a following as dedicated and engaged as League of Legends. League is an anomaly of endurance in the world of gaming, where newer and shinier releases are always a click away. At more than a decade old, the game still hosts almost eight million daily concurrent players…

Saying the matter had been adjourned many times and it will have to hear it someday, the Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed April 14 for hearing a plea by Zakia Jafri, wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the SIT's clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in…