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V T Rajshekhar deployed ‘Dalit Voice’ in an assault on the caste system, amplifying Ambedkar and exposing both the Brahminical enemies of Indian democracy and its Brahminical guardians

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New political alliance between Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen’s Party, flooding in Afghanistan, Myanmar’s elections and more

An illustration of TV screens stacked one on top of the other on wooden shelves. The screens are playing stills from Sri Lanka's former labour minister Mervyn Silva when he forcibly entered the state-owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and assaulted the news director. Pictured is the angry crowd outside the offices, Mervyn Silva trying to pacify angry Rupavahini staffers and screengrabs of the news coverage.

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The almost-forgotten – and still unpunished – ministerial attack on journalists at Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation

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The 2007 assault on the news director of the state-owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation by Mervyn Silva, and the stalling of the investigation and case, remains a blot on media freedom during and af ...

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Himal Interviews: The deprivations of Indian Muslims

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Development economist Amirullah Khan talks to Harsh Mander about systemic structures that have left poor Muslims as India’s most impoverished citizens