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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/09/2026
A MANJUL's cartoon blocked on #Instagram on #Modi govt orders Satish Acharya’s Insta handle blocked Examining 8 yrs of evidence, Samar Halarnkar writes how recent cosmetic damage-control efforts are not likely reverse #ECI’s growing alignment with #BJP & the govt article-14.com/post/why-sup...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/09/2026
A 46-million-vote mismatch in 2024 Potential voter manipulation benefiting the BJP in 2019: Paper’s author resigned after IB questioning & Ashoka University’s distancing Delving into 8 yrs of evidence, Samar Halarnkar writes how ECI’s hostile takeover appears intact article-14.com/post/why-sup...
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Why Superficial Damage Control Is Not Likely Not Affect The Hostile Takeover Of The Election Commission
The Election Commission promises to fix a system it has helped undermine. With voter-registration software targeted for central control and millions likely to stay excluded from electoral rolls, its a...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/09/2026
The ECI’s superficial damage-control efforts lack credibility because evidence of manipulation favouring #BJP & its allies has grown manifold over 8 yrs & is now deeply entrenched enough to cast a shadow over the legitimacy of many state & Parliamentary elections, writes Samar Halarnkar Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/09/2026
Don’t look to the #SC to fix the takeover of ECI, writes Samar Halarnkar. It allowed the SIR to proceed knowing millions could lose their constitutional right to vote. On 26 Sept, declining an urgent hearing ahead of 2 #WestBengal’s bypolls, the CJI said, “These are only bye-elections” Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/09/2026
Even before the latest revelations, ECI’s actions had cast a shadow over the legitimacy of many election results in states & at the Centre. Samar Halarnkar examines 8 yrs of evidence of electoral manipulation, voter deletions/additions & removals of checks & balances article-14.com/post/why-sup...
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Why Superficial Damage Control Is Not Likely Not Affect The Hostile Takeover Of The Election Commission
The Election Commission promises to fix a system it has helped undermine. With voter-registration software targeted for central control and millions likely to stay excluded from electoral rolls, its a...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/09/2026
The ECI promises to fix a system it has helped undermine. With voter-registration software targeted for central control & millions likely to stay excluded from electoral rolls, its promises of independent audits & improbable home visits lack credibility, writes Samar Halarnkar Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/09/2026
In March 2023, Justice Krishna Murari’s SC bench expanded the mandate of a committee dealing with elephant transfers from a few states to the whole of India The committee later became central to transfers of elephants to billionaire Anant Ambani’s #Vantara. article-14.com/post/as-a-su...
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As A Supreme Court Justice, He Ruled On Vantara, The Ambani Private Zoo. After Retirement, He Joined It
Justice Krishna Murari was involved in proceedings that enabled Vantara’s acquisition of elephants, its operation as a private zoo, and the nationwide expansion of a committee that oversaw the transfe...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/09/2026
Vantara, Anant Ambani’s private wildlife zoo, has appointed former SC judge Krishna Murari to its Governing Council As a judge, Murari handled cases involving Vantara’s elephant ownership & private-zoo status More: article-14.com/post/as-a-su...
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As A Supreme Court Justice, He Ruled On Vantara, The Ambani Private Zoo. After Retirement, He Joined It
Justice Krishna Murari was involved in proceedings that enabled Vantara’s acquisition of elephants, its operation as a private zoo, and the nationwide expansion of a committee that oversaw the transfe...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/09/2026
As SC judge, Justice Krishna Murari was involved in proceedings concerning Vantara, billionaire Anant Ambani’s animal sanctuary, helping establish the framework for its pvt zoo status, elephant acquisitions & transfers. 3 yrs after retirement, he has joined Vantara’s Governing Council Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
Sajra Jahan, 22, voted in 2024 Lok Sabha election. Now, despite having a voter card, she has been asked to prove her link to 2002 rolls As ECI promises officials at your doorstep, @betwasharma.bsky.social reports how that is meaningless to those without proof Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
“I don’t have any documents. How will I get proof?” Delhi’s Yashmin, 35, has voted since 2015. Now she faces exclusion: she cannot establish a link to the 2002 rolls ECI says it will send officials home. But that’s of no use without papers, reports @betwasharma.bsky.social Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
The suicide of IIT Bombay #Dalit student Sahil Wakode comes as data shows 62% of 45 students who died by suicide across 23 IITs over 5 yrs were SC, ST or OBC Yet, as caste atrocities rise, so does resistance to the law meant to address them Law professor Anurag Bhaskar examines why Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
“Instead of producing the documents there, you produce them at home, but the harassment… remains” Former CEC SY Quraishi tells @betwasharma.bsky.social ECI’s doorstep verification does nothing to solve the problem facing the homeless, who lack papers linking them to 2002 electoral rolls Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
The SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was created to address crimes rooted in caste discrimination. Today, the law itself faces growing criticism, including claims of misuse Law professor Anurag Bhaskar examines the backlash—and what it means for the fight against caste atrocities Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
Now ECI says officers will visit voters at home But what happens when people have no documents? Homeless Muslims in Delhi who have voted for years cannot prove a link to the 2002 rolls. A doorstep visit changes nothing, writes @betwasharma.bsky.social. article-14.com/post/eci-bri...
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ECI Brings Voter Verification To The Doorstep. But The Homeless Still Have No Papers To Prove Their Vote
The Election Commission says officers will visit voters who received notices during Delhi’s electoral revision. But for the homeless who lack documents linking them to the 2002 electoral rolls, the ch...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
The debate over the law meant to protect SCs/STs is shifting—from how it protects victims of caste atrocities to claims that it is being misused Anurag Bhaskar examines what is driving this growing resentment against the law article-14.com/post/sahil-w...
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Sahil Wakode’s Suicide: As Caste Atrocities Rise, So Does Resentment Against The Law Meant To Stop Them
Sahil Wakode, a Dalit student at IIT Bombay, died by suicide amid allegations of caste discrimination and harassment. Across 23 IITs, 62% of 45 students who died by suicide over five years were from s...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
"I’m not a Bangladeshi" Left off the voter list, homeless Muslims in Old Delhi have no documents to prove their links to the 2002 roll. Amid rhetoric about "rooting out Bangladeshis," losing their vote means fearing for their citizenship itself. article-14.com/post/eci-bri...
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ECI Brings Voter Verification To The Doorstep. But The Homeless Still Have No Papers To Prove Their Vote
The Election Commission says officers will visit voters who received notices during Delhi’s electoral revision. But for the homeless who lack documents linking them to the 2002 electoral rolls, the ch...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
At the end of 2024, 287,694 cases of atrocities against SCs were pending trial—nearly 6 times the number registered that year, a 62% rise since 2020 Yet, a backlash against the law meant to stop caste atrocities is growing, writes Anurag Bhaskar article-14.com/post/sahil-w...
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Sahil Wakode’s Suicide: As Caste Atrocities Rise, So Does Resentment Against The Law Meant To Stop Them
Sahil Wakode, a Dalit student at IIT Bombay, died by suicide amid allegations of caste discrimination and harassment. Across 23 IITs, 62% of 45 students who died by suicide over five years were from s...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
“If my name is cut, what will happen to me” “If your name is cut, they will send you to Pakistan/Bangladesh” “If your name is cut, you will end up in jail” At a homeless shelter in Old Delhi, Muslim women facing loss of their vote share share their fears @betwasharma.bsky.social reports Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
Sahil Wakode, IIT Bombay #Dalit student, died by suicide amid allegations of caste discrimination & harassment Across 23 IITs, 62% of 45 students who died by suicide over 5 yrs were SC, ST or OBC Yet resistance to the SC/ST Atrocities Act is growing, writes Anurag Bhaskar Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
"Tomorrow they will come with lathis, and say, ‘You are Pakistani & Bangladeshi'" At a homeless shelter in Delhi, SIR notices go out in English. No one can read & finding a link to 2002 is impossible. @betwasharma.bsky.social reports how #Muslim fears go beyond losing the vote Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
As parents of Sahil Wakode, IIT Bombay #Dalit student who died by suicide on 18 Sept, continue a hunger strike at #Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, Anurag Bhaskar writes how, as caste atrocities rise, resistance grows to the law meant to stop them article-14.com/post/sahil-w...
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Sahil Wakode’s Suicide: As Caste Atrocities Rise, So Does Resentment Against The Law Meant To Stop Them
Sahil Wakode, a Dalit student at IIT Bombay, died by suicide amid allegations of caste discrimination and harassment. Across 23 IITs, 62% of 45 students who died by suicide over five years were from s...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
ECI says Form 6 to enrol voters during SIR will retain a question asking new voters to prove parental links to 2002 rolls, while enrolments outside SIR will not Former CEC Quraishi says this is illegal: “How can you have 2 Form 6s?” @betwasharma.bsky.social reports article-14.com/post/eci-bri...
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ECI Brings Voter Verification To The Doorstep. But The Homeless Still Have No Papers To Prove Their Vote
The Election Commission says officers will visit voters who received notices during Delhi’s electoral revision. But for the homeless who lack documents linking them to the 2002 electoral rolls, the ch...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
No link to the 2002 rolls No documents to answer notices No way back on the voter list ECI now says officials will come home @betwasharma.bsky.social found that it will not help those without papers, especially #Muslims who fear losing home, country & freedom article-14.com/post/eci-bri...
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ECI Brings Voter Verification To The Doorstep. But The Homeless Still Have No Papers To Prove Their Vote
The Election Commission says officers will visit voters who received notices during Delhi’s electoral revision. But for the homeless who lack documents linking them to the 2002 electoral rolls, the ch...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 28/09/2026
The ECI says officials will now visit voters at home But for the homeless who cannot prove a link to the 2002 rolls, the problem is not where they must appear. It is that they have no papers @betwasharma.bsky.social reports how Muslims are particularly affected article-14.com/post/eci-bri...
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ECI Brings Voter Verification To The Doorstep. But The Homeless Still Have No Papers To Prove Their Vote
The Election Commission says officers will visit voters who received notices during Delhi’s electoral revision. But for the homeless who lack documents linking them to the 2002 electoral rolls, the ch...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 26/09/2026
“They were looking at all things so suspiciously, as if we were criminals” Mumbai police searched books, diaries, posters & other material after kites with #Palestinian flags were flown, Harshada Borade of IPSP told Swati A K youtu.be/qmX1dz4ei3c
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 26/09/2026
3 days after a #Palestine solidarity kite-flying event in #Bandra, #Mumbai Police arrived at participant Harshada Borade’s home in Vakola. “They just started searching all the things,” Borade of BDS told Swati A K youtu.be/qmX1dz4ei3c
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 26/09/2026
“We have not done a crime by flying a kite in solidarity with Palestine” Student-volunteer Harshada Borade of IPSP to Swati A K. Police searched her home after 5-6 people on 15 Sept flew kites with #Palestinian flags on a pvt terrace in Bandra, #Mumbai youtu.be/qmX1dz4ei3c
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 25/09/2026
Sahil Wakode, #IITBombay #Dalit student, died by suicide amid allegations of casteism In 23 IITs, 62% of 45 students who died by suicide over 5 yrs were SC, ST or OBC Yet resistance to the atrocities law grows, writes Anurag Bhaskar Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 24/09/2026
“A girl choosing her own partner should not be treated as a crime” But in #India, crossing caste or religious boundaries can mean family threats, vigilante violence, criminal cases—and sometimes death Harsh Mander explains why that is so, 79 yrs after Independence article-14.com/post/-love-j...
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‘Love Jihad’, Honour Killings & The Constitution: The Escalating Battle Over Who Indian Women Can Love
Interfaith marriages account for less than 2% of unions in India. Yet from the violence inflicted on women during Partition to contemporary ‘love jihad’ campaigns, anti-conversion laws and honour kill...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 24/09/2026
Less than 2% of marriages in #India are interfaith. Yet women who cross religious or caste boundaries in love & marriage face family violence, communal campaigns, restrictive laws & State power Harsh Mander writes: Who decides whom a woman can love? article-14.com/post/-love-j...
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‘Love Jihad’, Honour Killings & The Constitution: The Escalating Battle Over Who Indian Women Can Love
Interfaith marriages account for less than 2% of unions in India. Yet from the violence inflicted on women during Partition to contemporary ‘love jihad’ campaigns, anti-conversion laws and honour kill...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 24/09/2026
A #Dalit family massacred over an inter-caste marriage. A father kills son over a #Muslim woman. A doctor’s father rejects his son for marrying a Muslim woman Harsh Mander returns to these stories—and the Partition trauma “burned into my soul”. article-14.com/post/-love-j...
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‘Love Jihad’, Honour Killings & The Constitution: The Escalating Battle Over Who Indian Women Can Love
Interfaith marriages account for less than 2% of unions in India. Yet from the violence inflicted on women during Partition to contemporary ‘love jihad’ campaigns, anti-conversion laws and honour kill...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 24/09/2026
The #Modi govt told Parliament in 2020 that ‘love jihad’ was not defined in law and no such case had been reported by any central agency Yet BJP leaders invoke it as a grave threat Harsh Mander’s essay tracing its evolution from Partition article-14.com/post/-love-j...
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‘Love Jihad’, Honour Killings & The Constitution: The Escalating Battle Over Who Indian Women Can Love
Interfaith marriages account for less than 2% of unions in India. Yet from the violence inflicted on women during Partition to contemporary ‘love jihad’ campaigns, anti-conversion laws and honour kill...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 24/09/2026
“The right to choose a partner is still treated as a social concession, not as a non-negotiable constitutional freedom” Harsh Mander examines what happens when families, vigilantes, police & the State deny that right article-14.com/post/-love-j...
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‘Love Jihad’, Honour Killings & The Constitution: The Escalating Battle Over Who Indian Women Can Love
Interfaith marriages account for less than 2% of unions in India. Yet from the violence inflicted on women during Partition to contemporary ‘love jihad’ campaigns, anti-conversion laws and honour kill...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 24/09/2026
‘Love jihad’ turns #Muslim men into sexual predators & #Hindu women into helpless victims—with choice about whom they love & marry Harsh Mander traces this myth from Partition to today’s laws & “honour killings” article-14.com/post/-love-j...
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‘Love Jihad’, Honour Killings & The Constitution: The Escalating Battle Over Who Indian Women Can Love
Interfaith marriages account for less than 2% of unions in India. Yet from the violence inflicted on women during Partition to contemporary ‘love jihad’ campaigns, anti-conversion laws and honour kill...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 22/09/2026
IPS officer Bushra Bano’s transfer for saying “Inshallah” Jalil Akhtar’s 3-month detention despite valid Indian documents These September incidents show how simply being Muslim can carry consequences that upend lives, sometimes in ways that cannot be undone @betwasharma.bsky.social writes Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 22/09/2026
After 87 days in custody, Jalil Akhtar was released after the court called his case “unfortunate” and noted his valid Indian documents. Who gives him those 3 months back or answers for the alleged gunpoint arrest & near-deportation to Bangladesh? @betwasharma.bsky.social writes Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 22/09/2026
“It tells every Muslim professional, every Muslim in uniform, that your identity is a liability & can get your career derailed overnight” IPS officer Bushra Bano's transfer for saying "Inshallah" is petty vindictiveness & malice, meant to terrorise @betwasharma.bsky.social writes Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 21/09/2026
Auroville Foundation is giving IIT Madras 100 acres valued at Rs 500 crore for 33 years at no cost, while swapping land worth Rs 4.53 crore for land valued at just Rs 19.5 lakh. Residents demand transparent, lawful deals at fair value, reports Jagisha Arora article-14.com/post/visas-u...
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Visas Under Threat, Dodgy Land Deals & Ecological Damage: How Modi Govt Influence Has Changed Auroville
Tamil Nadu’s Auroville township, which began nearly 60 years ago as an experiment in human unity, has become a battleground over land, governance and environmental protection. Residents allege that th...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 21/09/2026
“I have lived here more years than I have lived in France… this is my country” A resident of #Auroville, home to nearly 3,000 people from over 60 countries, tells Jagisha Arora foreign residents fear visa cancellations & deportation article-14.com/post/visas-u...
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Visas Under Threat, Dodgy Land Deals & Ecological Damage: How Modi Govt Influence Has Changed Auroville
Tamil Nadu’s Auroville township, which began nearly 60 years ago as an experiment in human unity, has become a battleground over land, governance and environmental protection. Residents allege that th...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 21/09/2026
"To ask someone who has spent more than half his life here to leave is inhumane" A resident of Auroville says his father, who managed an 18.5-acre property for nearly 4 decades, was given an eviction notice & asked to leave without community consultation article-14.com/post/visas-u...
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Visas Under Threat, Dodgy Land Deals & Ecological Damage: How Modi Govt Influence Has Changed Auroville
Tamil Nadu’s Auroville township, which began nearly 60 years ago as an experiment in human unity, has become a battleground over land, governance and environmental protection. Residents allege that th...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 21/09/2026
"It was heartbreaking to watch the trees being destroyed" The cutting of trees & destruction of green cover for development in #Auroville have become a source of conflict between the foundation's administration and Auroville’s ecological vision, reports Jagisha Arora article-14.com/post/visas-u...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 21/09/2026
"The Auroville spirit is not there anymore." Residents of #Auroville, an experiment in spiritual living & human unity, allege deportations over dissent, a lack of transparency in land deals, destruction of ecology & growing Union govt control, reports Jagisha Arora article-14.com/post/visas-u...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 19/09/2026
After 87 days in custody, Jalil Akhtar was released after court called his case “unfortunate” & noted his valid Indian documents. Who gives him those 3 months back? @betwasharma.bsky.social on how Muslim dignity & safety continue to be eroded For our edit notes, subscribe article-14.com/subscribe
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 19/09/2026
"The sheer petty vindictiveness, malice & determination to terrorise a minority community are breathtaking" @betwasharma.bsky.social on police officer Bushra Bano's transfer for saying "Inshallah" & other attacks on Muslims this month For our edit notes, subscribe article-14.com/subscribe
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 17/09/2026
“I have lived here for 8 yrs & voted here" Pintu Kumar, a scrap collector, was away in Bihar when Enumeration Forms were distributed. He is now marked as “Absent/Untraceable” Aaritry Das reports on the poorest facing disenfranchisement article-14.com/post/4-77-mi...
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4.77 Million Excluded From Delhi’s Draft Roll, As EC Ignores Its Own Rules To Protect Vulnerable Voters
Nearly one in three voters was excluded from Delhi’s draft electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision. Among them are two domestic workers and a scrap collector—all with voter IDs who say the...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 17/09/2026
“I told him I have always lived here" Priti, a domestic worker/breadwinner after her husband was paralysed, had voted in Delhi before. Yet excluded after the 2026 SIR when an election officer said she didn't live there Aritry Das reports on the poorest facing disenfranchisement Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 17/09/2026
"I don’t even know whether he is dead or alive” Meenu Chowdhury, a domestic worker who has voted in #Delhi for yrs, excluded from electoral roll after SIR 2026 because she could not provide her long-estranged husband’s voter ID details Aritry Das on the poorest facing disenfranchisement Link 👇
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 17/09/2026
“I don’t know what to do now” Domestic worker/breadwinner after husband's paralysis Scrap collector All have voter IDs All say they have voted before All excluded in SIR 2026 Aritry Das reports on the most vulnerable facing disenfranchisement in Delhi article-14.com/post/4-77-mi...
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4.77 Million Excluded From Delhi’s Draft Roll, As EC Ignores Its Own Rules To Protect Vulnerable Voters
Nearly one in three voters was excluded from Delhi’s draft electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision. Among them are two domestic workers and a scrap collector—all with voter IDs who say the...
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article-14.com @article-14.com · 16/09/2026
The concern is not whether every social media post takedown is justified—it is the normalisation of vanishing posts. Censorship so rapid & difficult to challenge that instead of due process, we are increasingly left with only the restraint of those operating the censorship machine. Link 👇
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