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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

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

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

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

“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 · 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 · 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

"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 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 · 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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article-14.com @article-14.com · 15/09/2026

"I never believed I would get my son's body back" The family of 9-year-old Zulqarnain Ali had to wait >40 days for his body to be returned from #Pakistan after he drowned while playing near the Suru river that crosses the #LoC in #Ladakh. Full Story Here: article-14.com/post/rivers-...

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 12/09/2026

Vanishing social posts are now normal. Takedowns without explanation, so rapid they cannot be meaningfully challenged. As censorship loses legal safeguards, #India has only the restraint of those operating the censorship machine, writes Kavitha Iyer Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 12/09/2026

India’s online censorship architecture is changing. A three-hour deadline to comply with takedown orders & automated systems make posts disappear at scale, with great speed. Kavitha Iyer on the emerging Great Firewall of India Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 12/09/2026

Tens of thousands of social media posts taken down every month. 1,275 takedown orders daily in March-July 2026. With a 3-hour ceiling for platforms to comply, there is no meaningful way to appeal. Kavitha Iyer on the normalisation of the vanishing post Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 08/09/2026

“My name appeared on the draft electoral roll. I thought I was safe Now, I discover I have been summoned for a hearing. The ECI’s reason: “self-name mismatch” My name is spelt exactly as it was on the electoral roll 24 years ago” Samar Halarnkar on #India’s special electoral inquisition Link 👇

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 07/09/2026

“Who shot my husband? Who gave the order to shoot?” We need to know” Wife of Kargil War veteran killed in police firing during Leh’s statehood protest 4 Ladakhis killed. Judicial inquiry. 1 yr on, silence on why lethal force was used before non-lethal options. @betwasharma.bsky.social Link 👇

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 07/09/2026

“Why did they not use tear gas/ water cannons? I want to know who ordered the shooting" Mother of 23-year-old killed in police firing during Leh’s statehood protest 4 Ladakhis killed. Judicial inquiry. 1 yr on, silence on why lethal force was used @betwasharma.bsky.social reports Link 👇

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 07/09/2026

“The pain was too much" Father of 23-year-old who pushed his son's stretcher to the morgue 4 Ladakhis killed in police firing during Leh’s statehood protests Judicial inquiry ordered A year on, outrage over silence on why lethal force was used @betwasharma.bsky.social reports Link👇

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 07/09/2026

“They killed a soldier. Then filed a case against him. Then called him anti-national" Kargil War vet killed in police firing during Leh’s statehood protests 4 Ladakhis died. Judicial inquiry ordered. Year on, no answer on why lethal force was used. @betwasharma.bsky.social reports Link 👇

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 05/09/2026

As a chaos-ridden revision of voter rolls excludes >133 million names nationwide, Samar Halarnkar writes how he hasn’t been excluded but must still appear before a “magistrate” with his 90-yr-old mother in a building she can’t access Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 05/09/2026

The home minister & chief election commissioner using the same term—“purification”, with its unmistakable religious imagery—to describe the SIR tells us something about the exercise’s political origins & intent, writes Samar Halarnkar Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 05/09/2026

>133 million names have been excluded across 30 states & union territories, threatening India’s constitutional promise of a universal adult franchise. Instead, an exercise to create an adarsh voter is underway, writes Samar Halarnkar Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 05/09/2026

Beset by chaos, confusion & callousness, the SIR threatens India’s constitutional promise of universal franchise. What we are witnessing is mass disenfranchisement on a scale that threatens this promise, writes Samar Halarnkar Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 05/09/2026

The #BJP has enthusiastically promoted its desire for an adarsh, or ideal, citizen. Now, the effort is on to create the adarsh voter: documented, traceable, legitimate and, above all, acceptable to the state, writes Samar Halarnkar Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 04/09/2026

Software engineer, labour-rights campaigner & writer, Aditya Anand is accused of inciting Noida workers to violence. His brother says videos show Anand urging workers to remain peaceful. He was arrested in Tamil Nadu; his family alleges procedural violations article-14.com/post/from-fa...

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 03/09/2026

Built by Indian engineers before Independence, an Associated Cement Companies plant in Jhinkpani, Jharkhand, sustained for nearly 80 years, is shutting under #Adani Group—threatening the livelihoods of about 50,000 in a region with few industrial alternatives article-14.com/post/under-a...

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 03/09/2026

An #Adani-ACC cement factory in #Jharkhand’s Chaibasa shut on 16 Aug, ending nearly 80 yrs of operations. While the company blames depleted limestone reserves & ageing machinery, locals fear a body blow to thousands of livelihoods, reports Mayank Anand article-14.com/post/under-a...

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 31/08/2026

“We cannot leave. We have no options back home” Rajender Kumar, 42, from UP, has worked in #Kashmir for 20 years. Despite fears after recent killings, he stays on because he, his wife & 2 children earn up to Rs 40,000 a month Auqib Javeed reports article-14.com/post/terror-...

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/08/2026

It is deployed far more ferociously in #Kashmir, but the #Modi govt toolkit of repression—pellet guns, #Internet shutdowns, surveillance, misuse of anti-terror & other laws, intimidation of journalists, demolitions—is spreading, writes Harinder Baweja Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/08/2026

“If I were a #Kashmiri, I would be anxious, depressed, fearful & filled with dread. I am a non-Kashmiri, but I still despair. We all should.” Harinder Baweja on the #Modi govt’s toolkit of repression in #Kashmir—and why it should worry all of #India. Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/08/2026

The methods of repression used in #Kashmir, even if their scale is not comparable, are spreading elsewhere in #India. They are unconstitutional—and forewarnings of a far wider democratic dismantling. writes Harinder Baweja Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/08/2026

What is tried & normalised in #Kashmir does not always stay there Pellet guns, internet shutdowns, surveillance, #UAPA, repression of journalists, denial of passports, demolitions: methods first deployed or aggressively used in Kashmir have spread. Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 29/08/2026

#Kashmiris face the heaviest hand of the State, often undemocratic, illegal or unconstitutional. But ignoring what happens there is not just wrong, it allows the #Modi govt to test & deploy its toolkit of repression elsewhere, writes Harinder Baweja Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 24/08/2026

The Bombay HC excoriated the trial court for allowing invasive, character-assassinating cross-examination in the #TarunTejpal case. The upcoming SC hearing must ensure the “perfect victim” fallacy and Victorian-era prejudices do not undo 48 yrs of struggle to make rape law survivor-sensitive Link 👇

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 19/08/2026

The law allows conviction in sexual violence cases on sole testimony of a survivor. It also requires proof beyond reasonable doubt The challenge is balancing both. Aditya Krishna argues that courts must scrutinise complainants—but not through assumptions Link 👇

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 18/08/2026

In 1974, students in Gujarat rose against corruption, unemployment & a broken education system: 50 yrs later, CJP emerged from the same frustrations: a future that feels out of reach Ashoka Mody argues that while govts change & ministers resign, the underlying failures endure Link below 👇

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