With no church in his village, #Adivasi #Christian Gangadhar Santa travels 25 km to worship, fearing even private prayer at home after his grandfather’s death & his refusal to convert to Hinduism. Syed Affan reports on a surge of anti-Christian violence in #Odisha article-14.com/post/refused...

In #Odisha, as police largely ignore growing persecution of #Christians, Syed Affan investigates 5 cases where #Hindu mobs stopped #Christians from burying their dead. One body was ‘re-converted’, one buried in a forest, one exhumed & burnt article-14.com/post/refused...

Anti-conversion laws target minorities: 75% of 4,316 incidents of anti-Christian violence across #India in 2014-24 in states with such laws, most #BJP ruled, such as #Odisha, where Syed Affan reports on growing persecution article-14.com/post/refused...

“The right wing is propagating a ‘ghar wapsi’ campaign” #Christian activist Michael Williams tells Syed Affan, as #Hindutva groups target tribal Christians in #Odisha, regarding them as #Hindus despite their animist roots article-14.com/post/refused...

“His dead body was converted to Hinduism” Body of Madhu Harijan, a #Dalit #Christian, was ‘re-converted’ in #Odisha’s Nabarangpur before it was allowed in the common graveyard, his wife tells Syed Affan, who reports growing persecution under #BJP rule article-14.com/post/refused...

The RSS says it works “only in Bharat”. Its own emails, payments & lobbyists in DC say otherwise. This past week revealed not just the lie—but the extraordinary power & protection the Sangh enjoys in New India. Subscribe to read Samar Halarnkar’s edit note article-14.com/subscribe

As #Modi govt cracks down on NGOs working on health, education, environment etc, the #RSS, a “body of individuals” operates with impunity in a twilight zone of exemptions, secrecy & cross-border cash flows, writes Samar Halarnkar Subscribe to read: article-14.com/subscribe

"Aap kaun?" The first thing I learned in Batla House was this: people here freeze when they hear a knock at the door. The first instinct is fear. Masrat Nabi’s #fieldnotes on the mental strain & emotional toll wrought by the demolition of Muslim homes article14.substack.com/p/field-note...

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In 2024–25, 5.2 million tonnes of rice from govt warehouses allocated to ethanol distilleries—roughly the annual foodgrain entitlement of 90 million #Indians, writes Nilotpal Datta, as #India rolls out #E20 petrol without a law, court or Parliamentary scrutiny article-14.com/post/india-s...

A July 2025 amendment to #India’s petrol standards removed lower-blend grades & recognised only #E20 fuel. The change, made under administrative rules without parliamentary debate, expands executive control over fuel policy, writes Nilotpal Datta article-14.com/post/india-s...

Producing 1 litre of ethanol from sugarcane uses about 2,860 litres of water. Maintaining #India’s #E20 petrol blend will require 10 billion litres of ethanol annually, adding pressure on water & farmland in over 500 districts, writes Nilotpal Datta article-14.com/post/india-s...

India’s petrol pumps now sell only E20—fuel with 20% ethanol, produced from sugarcane fields—rolled out 5 yrs early. The catch, writes Nilotpal Datta: it was done without a law, court scrutiny or public debate, and >320 million engines were not built for it article-14.com/post/india-s...

India’s #E20 policy forces millions of vehicles to use petrol they weren’t built for, increases water use for sugarcane, diverts foodgrain to distilleries & expands executive control without Parliamentary review, writes Nilotpal Datta article-14.com/post/india-s...

The EU mostly sticks to E5–E10 petrol (5-10% #Ethanol), US limits E15 to newer cars & Brazil built up flex‑fuel fleets over decades. India’s #E20 rollout is nationwide, fast & millions of vehicles not designed for it have no choice, writes Nilotpal Datta article-14.com/post/india-s...

While #India now mandates #E20 petrol (20% ethanol) nationwide, the US typically uses E10-E15, the EU mostly E5-E10 & Brazil has long led with E27+ & flex-fuel vehicles running E100. India’s shift is faster but with fewer consumer options, writes Nilotpal Datta article-14.com/post/india-s...

“In the regime we live in today, thinking freely itself is perilous” Activist-author Anand Teltumbde in an interview with Kavitha Iyer reflects on the price he paid, and on preserving his critical consciousness over 31 months in jail

In 2024–25, 5.2 million tonnes of rice from govt warehouses allocated to ethanol distilleries—roughly the annual foodgrain entitlement of 90 million #Indians, writes Nilotpal Datta, as #India rolls out #E20 petrol without a law, court/Parliamentary scrutiny article-14.com/post/india-s...

We track court proceedings, study FIRs, chargesheets and other legal documents to show how due process and the rule of law are violated. Support us. Subscribe to @article-14.com: article-14.com/subscribe

A July 2025 amendment to India’s petrol standards removed lower-blend grades & recognised only E20 fuel. The change, made under administrative rules without parliamentary debate, expands executive control over fuel policy, writes Nilotpal Datta article-14.com/post/india-s...

Producing 1 litre of ethanol from sugarcane uses about 2,860 litres of water. Maintaining #India’s #E20 petrol blend will require 10 billion litres of ethanol annually, adding pressure on water & farmland in over 500 districts, writes Nilotpal Datta article-14.com/post/india-s...

India’s petrol pumps now sell only #E20—fuel with 20% ethanol, produced from sugarcane fields—rolled out 5 yrs early. The catch, writes Nilotpal Datta: it was done without a law, court scrutiny or public debate, and >320 million engines were not built for it article-14.com/post/india-s...

“#BhimaKoregaon case is proof that they can pick up anybody without reason, keep them imprisoned for years” Author Anand Teltumbde, released on bail after 31 months, dwells on the true nature of freedom in an interview to Kavitha Iyer

“In the regime we live in today, thinking freely itself is perilous” Activist-author Anand Teltumbde in an interview with Kavitha Iyer reflects on the price he paid, and on preserving his critical consciousness over 31 months in jail

“The ruling elites never wanted caste to disappear” Scholar & author Anand Teltumbde, in an interview with Kavitha Iyer, says India’s power structure only changed hands—not character—after independence article-14.com/post/-uproar...

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“#BhimaKoregaon case is proof that they can pick up anybody without reason, and keep them imprisoned for years” Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, released on bail after 31 months, in an interview to Kavitha Iyer article-14.com/post/-uproar...

“The term ‘urban Naxal’ now potentially includes anyone who dissents” Author Anand Teltumbde tells Kavitha Iyer that state repression is meant to terrorise people into silence article-14.com/post/-uproar...

“In the kind of regime we live in today, thinking freely itself is perilous” Activist-author Anand Teltumbde in an interview with Kavitha Iyer reflects on the price he paid and his reading-writing life in jail article-14.com/post/-uproar...

“Many reforms came to jail because of struggles by us, the #BhimaKoregaon accused” Author Anand Teltumbde, released on bail in Nov 2022 after 31 months of incarceration, tells Kavitha Iyer about life in prison article-14.com/post/-uproar...

“Uproar over #caste enumeration serves to humiliate #Dalits, not uplift them” Anand Teltumbde’s new book The Caste Con Census argues that the data will only reinforce, not dismantle, caste hierarchies. Interview by Kavitha Iyer article-14.com/post/-uproar...

Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde warns that the #BJP could use #caste census data to justify a shift from caste to economic criteria—“something the RSS has wanted from the beginning”. Interview by Kavitha Iyer article-14.com/post/-uproar...

“Every caste is demanding reservation. Instead of reducing inequality, it has deepened caste consciousness & competition.” Scholar Anand Teltumbde tells Kavitha Iyer that India’s reservation policy has become self-contradictory. article-14.com/post/-uproar...

“Reservation is not the only means of upliftment. Treating it as such reflects sheer political bankruptcy” Scholar & author Anand Teltumbde, whose new book argues against a caste census, to Kavitha Iyer article-14.com/post/-uproar...

“The ruling elites never wanted caste to disappear” Scholar & author Anand Teltumbde, in an interview with Kavitha Iyer, says India’s power structure only changed hands—not character—after independence article-14.com/post/-uproar...

Retraumatised, Not Protected: India’s legal aid system spends <₹1 per person, pushing survivors of sexual violence through hostile police, apathetic courts & token legal respresentation—while perpetrators often walk free, writes Devrupa Rakshit article-14.com/post/retruma...

India spends less than Rs 1 per person on legal aid. Survivors of sexual violence face hostile police, apathetic courts & underpaid lawyers. A system meant to protect them retraumatises them—while shielding perpetrators, writes Devrupa Rakshit article-14.com/post/retruma...

“Police disbelieved me & spoke abusively. They sent us home without help” Mother of 15-yr-old sexually abused by tuition teacher to Devrupa Rakshit. Instead of an FIR, police sat her opposite her abuser, as his wife aggressively insisted on his innocence article-14.com/post/retruma...

Support for survivors of sexual abuse needs to be consistent, comprehensible, and compassionate. But India’s tottering legal system refuses to prioritise sensitivity & respect the will of survivors, writes Devrupa Rakshit article-14.com/post/retruma...

India’s law to protect children from sexual abuse often ends up criminalising teenagers for consensual relationships, causing survivors emotional, financial distress, writes Devrupa Rakshit, as the country’s legal system collapses article-14.com/post/retruma...

From a 15-year-old forced to confront her abuser in front of police, to survivors dragged through years of hostile trials—India’s legal aid is underfunded, biased & broken, failing the vulnerable when they need it most, writes Devrupa Rakshit article-14.com/post/retruma...

Legal aid lawyers often earn Rs 5,000/month & are rarely reimbursed even expenses. Meanwhile, clients are retraumatised by courts that treat justice like a formality. Devrupa Rakshit reveals India's crumbling legal aid system article-14.com/post/retruma...

“She’s asked to repeat her story again & again. We’re exhausted.” Survivors of sexual violence in India face a legal process designed to wear them down, reports Devrupa Rakshit, & often rewards abusers article-14.com/post/retruma...

India’s legal aid system, meant to be a lifeline for survivors of gender-based violence, is collapsing, as survivors, especially from marginalised communities, are retraumatised by institutions meant to protect them, reports Devrupa Rakshit. article-14.com/post/retruma...

“Police disbelieved me & spoke abusively. They sent us home without help” Mother of 15-yr-old sexually abused by tuition teacher to Devrupa Rakshit. Instead of filing an FIR, the police sat her opposite her abuser, as his wife aggressively insisted on his innocence article-14.com/post/retruma...

Courts still sit, judgments are written—but in #India & the USA, the ritual endures while independence fades. Democracies survive on courage, not ceremony & ritual, writes Gunjan Singh article-14.com/post/a-judic...

In India, govt pressure & a timid Bar have eroded judicial independence: In the US, politicisation & attacks on judges. Two struggling democracies, one crisis: the slow hollowing of justice. Gunjan Singh writes article-14.com/post/a-judic...

"I aim to keep the truth of #Kashmir’s human rights crisis alive" 15 years on, no justice for her brother’s death after alleged torture in police custody. Urzeeba Qayoom tells Arsalan Shamsi & Mohsin Mushtaq why she won’t stop her online fight article-14.com/post/15-year...

"It’s both heartbreaking & powerful… my last resort for justice" No justice 15 years after her brother’s death post alleged torture in police custody. His sister tells Arsalan Samsi & Mohsin Mushtaq she only has social media to keep his memory alive article-14.com/post/15-year...