IBN7's managing editor Ashutosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on Ashis Nandy's comments about Dalits at the Jaipur Literature Festival. ...
05:18 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Are we becoming an intolerant society and is the Indian state defensive freedom of speech weak and equivocal? Those are the two issues Karan Thapar raised with the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor in his show Devil's Advocate. ...
08:46 PM, Feb 03, 2013
While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, Tharoor said that people are going out of their way to clamp down on cultural freedom in the name of religion. ...
02:31 PM, Feb 03, 2013
nion Minister Shashi Tharoor has expressed anger over the controversy about Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam', Salman Rushdie and Ashish Nandy. While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, Tharoor said that people are going out of their way to clamp down on cultural freedom in the name of religion. ...
07:27 AM, Feb 03, 2013
The Cabinet, which met at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Friday to discuss recommendations given by the Justice Verma Committee, approved an ordinance on tackling sexual harassment against women. Death penalty or life imprisonment for convicts in extreme cases is included in the ordinance, according to sources. ...
11:52 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Sanjoy Roy, the organiser of the Jaipur Film Festival also said that it was not enough to provide relief to Ashis Nandy by telling the police to not arrest him. The courts needed to do more, he said. ...
03:43 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The sociologist, who got a major reprieve on Friday after the SC directed the police not to arrest him over his remarks on Dalits, said that it would be "nice to have some sceptical view on some of these protests". ...
02:42 PM, Feb 01, 2013
An MP from Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh today filed a complaint against eminent scholar Ashis Nandy, for making remarks alleged to be anti-Dalit at the Jaipur Literature Festival, police said. Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar on February 1 filed a complaint against Nandy at the Two Town police station here. ...
01:22 PM, Feb 01, 2013
A visibly-relieved Ashis Nandy on Friday thanked the media and the public for standing by him as he was slammed and criticised for his remarks on Dalits at the Jaipur Literature Festival and said that he will be careful in future as the case was sub-judice. He, however, remarked, that he will voice his ideas "in some other country or within the four walls of my house." ...
12:31 PM, Feb 01, 2013
In a major relief, the Supreme Court has directed the Rajasthan police not to arrest sociologist Ashis Nandy. The court has issued notices to the Rajasthan government, Maharashtra government, Bihar government and Chhattisgarh government directing the same. ...
11:46 AM, Feb 01, 2013
The Supreme Court will on Friday hear sociologist Ashis Nandy's plea seeking the quashing of an FIR filed against him under the SC/ST Act. The Rajasthan Police booked him under a non-bailable section, which invites upto 10 years in jail. Last week, Nandy had linked corruption to Dalits at the Jaipur Literature Festival kicking up a controversy. ...
09:32 AM, Feb 01, 2013
The CBI will be under the supervision of the Lokpal, while a public servant facing an inquiry by the Lokpal will be given an opportunity to be heard at the stage of the preliminary inquiry. ...
11:58 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Do the Ashis Nandy, Vishwaroopam and Salman Rushdie incidents prove that the Indian state is weak in defending freedom of speech? ...
10:50 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Dalit historian Kancha Ilaiah joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his defence of Ashis Nandy. ...
03:56 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear sociologist Ashis Nandy's plea seeking quashing of FIR against him. Nandy's argument is based on the fact that no offence was mentioned in the FIR. ...
03:01 PM, Jan 31, 2013
A team of the Rajasthan Police will question sociologist Ashis Nandy on Thursday over his controversial comments linking Dalits to corruption. But the sociologist, who will appear in the Supreme Court later on Thursday afternoon, will request the apex court that all FIRs filed against him be quashed. Nandy's argument is based on the fact that no offence was mentioned in the FIR. ...
11:25 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Tonight at 10:30, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts whether Dalit leaders have failed to address the real issues confronting the community. You can send your viewpoint and questions on the issue here or tweet them to us
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10:32 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Sociologist Ashis Nandy faces police questioning over his controversial comments linking Dalits and to corruption at the Jaipur Literature Festival. ...
06:38 AM, Jan 31, 2013
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11:23 PM, Jan 30, 2013
In 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers', a true account spun off as a novel, about life in Annawadi, a slum adjoining Mumbai airport, author Katherine Boo ...
09:20 PM, Jan 30, 2013
