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#BrokenRepublic #India
Get ready 4 #nautanki #polarisation #rhetoric #advertising #comedy
#India states scheduled for #assemblyelections2026:
#Assam: April-May
#Kerala: April-May
#TamilNadu: April-May
#WestBengal: April-May
#Puducherry : May-June

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Upcoming Elections in India 2025, 2026 till 2029; Check Which States Has Election in Coming Years

This article provides a comprehensive timeline of India’s elections from 2025 to 2029, highlighting key state assembly polls, major political contests, and their impact on the 2029 General Elections. ...

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November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM

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#pamelaphilipose
#thewire_in
#DPDP 2025. #india #BrokenRepublic

They fear rightly that the new #law would seriously #undermine two significant and intertwined #rights: the #right to #freedom of #speech and #expression and the right to #information.
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Backstory: A Bulldozer Election Machine Being Given the Run of Electoral Field Amidst Media Inertia

A fortnightly column from The Wire's ombudsperson.

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November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM

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From India to Pakistan, Roy’s questions remain relevant: who controls resources, who benefits from development, and who bears its human cost?
#BrokenRepublic #Pakistan #Development #SocialJustice
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Book Review - Broken Republic - Stratheia

Arundhati Roy’s Broken Republic exposes state violence, corporate exploitation, displacement and the hidden costs of development.

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July 30, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Stratheia

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Roy exposes how state power, corporate interests and resource extraction can intersect, turning resistance over land and livelihoods into a question of national security.
#BrokenRepublic #StatePower #Capitalism #LandRights
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Book Review - Broken Republic - Stratheia

Arundhati Roy’s Broken Republic exposes state violence, corporate exploitation, displacement and the hidden costs of development.

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July 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM

Stratheia

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Arundhati Roy’s Broken Republic challenges the idea that economic growth always means progress, asking who benefits and who pays the price.
#ArundhatiRoy #BrokenRepublic #EconomicGrowth #BookReview
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July 29, 2026 at 2:24 PM

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@vaalsalya.bsky.social

#BrokenRepublic
18 February 2026, the #SupremeCourt issued an order halting the exhumation of #tribal #Christian #graves 19 February, the #UnitedChristianForum held a #press #conference at the #PressClub of #Delhi.
#exhumations #persecution #minorities #hatecrimes.

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What Is Exhumation and Why Did the Supreme Court Stop It?

YouTube video by The Wire

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February 21, 2026 at 10:54 PM

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Pamela Philipose TheWire.in
"The #evidence from two days of listening to our #parliamentarians respond to the #President’s Address indicates how far the present #parliament has drifted from that foundational idea.
#BrokenRepublic
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The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture

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February 8, 2026 at 4:21 AM

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#BrokenRepublic
#IndiaPersecutionTracker 2025 and #SouthAsiaJusticeCampaign (released in January 2026).
@the_aidem
#India #Persecution Tracker 2025
Overview of #humanrights #abuses and #violations against #India’s #religious #minorities

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India Persecution Tracker | 2025 | Annual Overview

Overview of human rights abuses and violations against India’s Muslims and other religious minorities in the year 2025.

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January 20, 2026 at 1:55 AM

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@vaalsalya.bsky.social

"Where is #KomalSharma and the #ABVP goons who #accepted #planning and #executing the #attack on #national #television?
#GoonsofIndia #BrokenRepublic
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'Labs of hate' vs 'Where is Komal Sharma?': JNU admin, student union fire salvos after row over slogans against PM, Shah

The JNU administration said universities are centres for innovation and cannot be "permitted to be converted into laboratories of hate".| India News

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January 7, 2026 at 12:30 AM

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@vaalsalya.bsky.social

#BrokenRepublic
#Denialofbail to #UmarKhalid & #SharjeelImam "completely wrong"; judges committed "many errors"; they're afraid to give #bail; this is #disservice to the #SupremeCourt: #DushyantDave to #KaranThapar for #TheWire
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Denial of Bail to Khalid & Imam “Completely Wrong”; Judges Committed “Many Errors”: Dushyant Dave

YouTube video by The Wire

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January 6, 2026 at 11:41 AM

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@pamelaphilipose @thewire_in
"#Savagery bloomed like a #lotus #Lynchings of #Muslims & Muslim-seeming #migrants came to be #normalised across the country, from “progressive” #Kerala & #Karnataka to #MadhyaPradesh #UttarPradesh & #Bihar"
#BrokenRepublic

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Backstory: 2025 Was a Year of Shifting Shapes and Shaping Shifts

A fortnightly column from The Wire's ombudsperson.

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December 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM

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@vaalsalya.bsky.social

#BrokenRepublic
#History #Accuracy
#Assam #India #Indiafirst
#IndiaOnly #IndiaAlways ✊🏽🇮🇳✊🏽
December 21, 2025.
Here's what happened in 1946, and how #Gandhi backed #Bordoloi.
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PM Modi says Congress would have let ‘Assam go to East Pakistan’: What was the 1946 plan; what Nehru, Gandhi said then

PM Modi said Assam's first CM Gopinath Bordoloi 'stood against his own party to save the state' from being separated from India. Here's what happened in 1946, and how Gandhi backed Bordoloi.

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December 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM

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@vaalsalya.bsky.social

#BrokenRepublic
Between #Masjid, #Naqab, and #Smartphone: #Pigeons Weep, #Humans #Scroll.
@NalinAnant #NalinVerma

@the_aidem
December 19, 2025.

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Between Masjid, Naqab, and Smartphone: Pigeons Weep, Humans Scroll | The AIDEM

In some strange ways, India today is united by a small glowing screen. From the traffic lights of Connaught Place to the fields of rural Bihar, the smartphone has become the great leveller—absorbing a...

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December 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM

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@vaalsalya.bsky.social

#BrokenRepublic
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Zishan🇵🇸 on Instagram: "Donot Stop Speaking❗️ . . . #india #indiagram #indiaphotography #independenceday #indian #instamood #instalike #instadaily #freepalestine #muslim #islam #kerala #karnataka #ph...

In a world where freedom of speech is under attack, it's more important than ever to raise your voice and be heard. Join us as we discuss the power of democracy and the importance of speaking up. Don'...

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November 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM

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@vaalsalya.bsky.social

#BrokenRepublic #India
@sakie339
The #deaths of #children in #Chhindwara in #MadhyaPradesh from #coughsyrup adulterated with #diethyleneglycol ( #DEG) have laid bare the #gaps in #drugregulation, from the #manufacturing site down to the #pharmacist.

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DEG deaths: Why is India unable to stop them?

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November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM

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@pamelaphilipose
#PamelaPhilipose
#BrokenRepublic
"What’s conspicuous to the #media watcher are the strategies the #Indian #state have employed to control the public narrative in #Ladakh during this tempestuous interregnum."
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