Daily Brief |Jailed, suspended, fired: How teachers in UP have paid a price for Hindutva campaigns against a song, and moreWords0Time to read3 minsPublished15 May, 2023 Jailed, suspended, fired: How teachers in UP have paid a price for Hindutva campaigns against a song State government officials have punished teachers for making students sing Muhammad Iqbal’s ‘Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua’, claiming it is a religious poem. scroll.in Karnataka Congress MLAs authorise Mallikarjun Kharge to choose next chief minister Party leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar are the two contenders for the top post. scroll.in Fact check: Was an Islamic flag raised in Karnataka’s Bhatkal with communal motives? In fact, flags representing several categories – Hindu, Muslim, Dalit and the Congress – were all raised after the state election verdict was announced. scroll.in Superficial sailing in the Indo-Pacific: The caveats and contradictions of India’s Quad membership The grouping is a low-resolution liberal order where the terms ‘free and open’ are used flexibly to bridge gaps between the members and socially exclude China. scroll.in A new book revives works of a mapmaker who depicted in 1846 how Shahjahanabad had evolved An excerpt from ‘Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City’, by Swapna Liddle. Visuals curated by Pramod Kapoor and Sneha Pamneja. scroll.in Why Kunal Sen’s memoir of his father Mrinal Sen had to be honest, like the films ‘Being self-critical was part of how we grew up,’ the ‘Bondhu’ author tells ‘Scroll’. scroll.in Art and revolution: Vivan Sundaram, an artist whose work captured the turmoil of contemporary times His artwork and installations evoked the distress of the Gulf War and communal riots and put the spotlight on migration, pollution, and homelessness. scroll.in Eco India: How one woman in Meghalaya is reviving turmeric farming as a safe alternative for miners The Lakadong turmeric's high curcumin content makes it an expensive variety, selling for up to 200 rupees a kg in dry form. scroll.in
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