On the #WorldPressFreedomIndex 2023, #India ranked 161st out of 180 countries, a low for the world's biggest #democracy. Several landmark cases have shaped #FreedomOfPress and expression. Agnideb Bandyopadhyay writes. ow.ly/ER4950Th5r3

#Section66A of the #InformationTechnologyAct, which prescribes 'punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.' is widely held by lawyers and legal academics to be unconstitutional. Pranesh Prakash writes. ow.ly/FWy250Th5Ta

Supreme Court Questions the Bulldozer Justice. Justice B R Gavai: How can anybody’s house be demolished only because he is an accused? ow.ly/3pjh50Thh9V #BJPinUttarPradesh, #BulldozerPolitics, #Bulldozer #ChiefministerofUttarPradesh, #YogiAdityanath, #SupremecourtofIndia

UP-Model Of 'Bulldozer Justice' Found Quick Uptake In BJP States outlookindia.com/national/up-mo… #BJPinUttarPradesh, #BJP, #Bulldozerpolitics, #Bulldozer #Chiefministerofuttarpradesh, #YogiAdityanath, #Uttarpradesh, #SupremecourtofIndia #Bulldozerbaba

When the #Constitution and every law in it insists on due process, even for a murderer, can #bulldozers and #excavators be used to teach a lesson to someone the ruler deems an offender? Medha Patkar writes. ow.ly/qTnr50Thl9n

#FromTheArchive | On April 20, 2022, #Jahangirpuri witnessed a #demolition drive by #NDMC, primarily targeting #Muslim-owned properties. Critics argued that actions violated legal processes, including failure to issue prior notices Ashutosh Sharma writes ow.ly/ZBB050ThjOh

#FromTheArchive | The #bulldozer is not executed in #stealth or silence. It’s a performance in public. Its allure, as well as its terror, lies in its brazen visuals. It turns hapless cries into a spectacle. Ashutosh Bhardwaj writes. ow.ly/fgN550Thnqh

Such was the scale of the #tragedy that the #UN has designated 7th #April every year as the ‘#InternationalDayofReflection on the 1994 #Genocide Against the #Tutsi in #Rwanda. Puneet Roy Kundal writes ow.ly/rfQN50ThZgh

Amit Kumar has been selling maps and peacock feathers near the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, from the last eight years to sustain his six-member household. His day starts at 6 am and ends at 10 pm. He works hard the whole day to earn his livelihood. He earns

#WeekendReads | In a celebration of #Kashmir’s rich #cultural #heritage, an exhibition in #Srinagar brings the valley's exquisite #craftsmanship to the forefront of #globalrecognition. BILAL GANI writes Read more: ow.ly/WTCL50Ti17V

#Vaazhai is about innocence and its unsalvageable-ness in historically #oppressive structures. It’s the story of a #childhood ruptured beyond reckoning. Sivanaindhan’s coming-of-age has no luxury of just being. Debanjan Dhar writes. outlookindia.com/art-entertainm…

#SheikhHasina's departure reflects the growing power of collective #youth action in #Bangladesh. However, the challenges facing the #nation remain deeply entrenched, calling for structural #reforms beyond #regime change. Kanwal Singh Sagina Walyat write rb.gy/6yjxbx

#GenderDiscrimination is widespread in #India, including remote regions like #Kashmir, where #patriarchy thrives. There are stark differences in opportunities, responsibilities, & aspirations between boys & girls. Mehak Majeed & Shabahat Ashraf write. outlookindia.com/culture-societ…

#WeekendReads | #Israel has made many friends in #internationalPolitics by selling countries state-of-the-art #defence #technology that it ‘#battletests’ on #Palestine. Saleem Rashid Shah writes. ow.ly/tL1550Ti2gP

From #CyanideMallika to #JollyJoseph- in the past, #bone-chilling #crimes committed by #womenserialkillers in #India have sent us into a state of shock many times. Jheelum Basu writes. Read more: ow.ly/K5wQ50Ti2tu

#FromTheArchive | #SigmundFreud, in his book, #ThePsychopathologyofEverydayLife, argued that the boundary between #normal and #abnormal is neither as watertight nor as stable as we would like it to be. Mayank Jain Parichha, Peerzada Muzamil write. ow.ly/j5Nt50Ti2WT

#FromTheArchive | From the #Victorian #London where the infamous #JacktheRipper killed five #sexworkers to #Mumbai in 1960s where #RamanRaghav terrorised his victims, violent #criminals have inspired #novels, #films and #TVshows. Haima Deshpande writes rb.gy/u5k1c4