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A few weeks ago, the Indian government formally notified the rules implementing the controversial 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA. The law provides persecuted religious minorities hailing from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan an expedited pathway to Indian citizenship, provided they belong to the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Parsi, or Sikh communities. Notably, the law does not provide such a pathway to those who belong to the Muslim faith.The notification of the CAA rules—on the eve of India's 2024 general election—has kicked off a fresh debate over the law, its implementing provisions, and the resulting implications for the future of secularism in India.To discuss all of this and more, Milan is joined on the show this week by legal scholar M. Mohsin Alam Bhat. Mohsin is a Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary University of London, where he specializes in constitutional law and human rights. Mohsin has written extensively about law and citizenship in India.Milan and Mohsin discuss the origins of the CAA, its constitutionality, and the fine print of the CAA rules. Plus, the two discuss the situation in Assam, that state's National Register of Citizens (NRC), and the prospects of an all-India NRC exercise.Episode notes:1. “What's Happening to India's Rohingya Refugees? (with Priyali Sur and Daniel Sullivan),” Grand Tamasha, May 24, 2023.2. Mohsin Alam Bhat and Aashish Yadav, “CAA will not help persecuted Hindus, Sikhs from neighbouring countries,” Indian Express, March 19, 2024.3. “The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019,” PRS Legislative Research.4. Madhav Khosla and Milan Vaishnav, “The Three Faces of the Indian State,” Journal of Democracy 32, no. 1 (2021): 111-125.5. Mohsin Alam Bhat, “The Constitutional Case Against the Citizenship Amendment Bill,” Economic and Political Weekly 54, no.3 (2019): 12-14.6. Mohsin Alam Bhat, “‘The Irregular' and the Unmaking of Minority Citizenship: The Rules of Law in Majoritarian India,” Queen Mary Law Research Paper No. 395/2022.7. Niraja Gopal Jayal, “Faith-based Citizenship,” The India Forum, October 31, 2019. 

The Indian state has long witnessed separatism, often backed by militancy, in various regions across the country. We have had periods of militancy in Punjab, the North Eastern states, and Jammu Kashmir as well as Naxalite movements in Central India. In this episode of Police Chowki, Javeed Ahmad (ex-IPS and DGP of the State of Uttar Pradesh) speaks to Shrikrishna Upadhyaya regarding the unique challenges of policing in conflict zones, tactics employed by police forces, civilian counterinsurgency forces, and more. Do check out Takshashila's public policy courses: https://school.takshashila.org.in/courses We are @‌IVMPodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts/ You can check out our website at https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/featured Follow the show across platforms: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Gaana, Amazon Music Do share the word with your folksSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nationalism in Trump’s America and Modi’s IndiaOver the past week, I took some time to reflect on last Wednesday’s white supremacy insurrection. From Modi’s India to Trump’s America, there is no arguing that nationalism thrives on the polarization of the other. Two of the world’s largest democracies are currently grappling with the realities of autocratic leaders who have managed to create deep divides within their countries through nationalist appeals. From the farmers' protest to BLM protests, neither Modi nor Trump are strangers to protests, but both have managed to disregard democratic norms to strengthen and test the extent of their executive power. Polarization + IslamophobiaTrump’s Muslim Ban Executive Order, which now feels forever ago but really wasn’t, blocked the entry of individuals from several Islamic countries, especially Syrian refugees seeking protection in the United States. The Trump administration cited terrorism as a reason for the Muslim Ban, giving validity to white America’s inability to think a terrorist can be anyone other than a brown skinned, Arabic-speaking Muslim or anyone that “looks Muslim.” The events at Capitol Hill would certainly counter that narrative. On the other side of the world, Trump’s dear friend Modi, played his own page from the Islamophobia for World Leaders playbook. Earlier last year, Modi pushed into effect the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which authorized the use of religion as a criteria for determining whether undocumented migrants in India can be granted citizenship. What’s interesting is that Islam was specifically not included as a fast-tracked religion while other religions were. Islamophobia at its finest.  While on the surface the simple notion of granting citizenship to the country’s undoucmented population sounds like a move towards creating a more equitable society, this layer of religious hegemony feeds into India’s push towards a Hindu-centric nation.Nationalism Exists because of Systemic OppressionNationalism at its core, creates dangerous divisions that can easily be stoked through false narratives. It builds on fear, giving hate the fuel it needs to thrive. So, why do we keep saying things like “America is better than this” or “This isn’t who we are” when America was built on the genocide and exploitation of Indigenous and Black people?  My fear with many of the conversations currently happening in light of last week's events is this notion that Nationalism is somehow a new construct. It is not. It has always existed, it is now just planting its flag at the nation’s capital.India and America might be called democracies, but both are currently navigating the result of an autocratic government, which thrives on the consolidation of power, oppression of dissent, and nationalism. This consolidation of power is built on the existence of structural oppression and its exploitation. There will always be people who wield power and those who yield it. Where do we go from here?We are seeing the realities of polarization -- with hate running through the veins of nation states and dripping off the tongues of their leaders. So where do we go from here? Understand that uprisings are not the problem, in fact they are a necessity in any healthy system because they challenge the consolidation of power. However, motivations when rooted in hate must be addressed by unpacking the systemic structures breathing life into hate. De-bias language. Address why we use “softer words” to describe white people who terrorize the nation’s capitol by simply calling them armed protestors instead of what they really are: terrorists. Language has power and using the right term leads to more accountability. Recognize how we benefit from and at many times reinforce systems of oppression. By reflecting on where we stand in relation to power and challenging the systems we operate in, we are not accepting the status quo at face value and naming our privilege. For example, if it wasn’t for the Civil Rights movement led by Black Americans, my family would have not been able to move to the United States under the Immigration Act of 1924, which was overturned in 1965 after the Civil Rights movement challenged white-America’s racist systems.Looking back at Nazi Germany, we might tell ourselves how obvious it must have been to identify fascism, but that’s the thing. History repeats itself because in any given moment we struggle to name moments what they are. Throughout Trump and Modi’s term, there have been countless policies driven by hate, but it took one of the most outrageous events in American history and the world’s largest protest for us to finally recognize the ways in which we are letting history repeat itself. Thank You!Thank you for listening! This podcast is dedicated to creating a safe space to discuss and challenge topics surrounding how we each navigate our personal advantages and disadvantages. To amplify and continue these conversations, please subscribe, download, share and leave a review for the Art of Citizenry Podcast — I appreciate your love and support! Follow me and share your thoughts on Instagram @manpreetkalra +  @artofcitizenry. To learn more about Art of Citizenry and for information on future webinars and workshops, please visit artofcitizenry.com.

The right to dissent is fair and well but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for demonstrations and in such cases the administration ought to take action — that's was the Supreme Court's verdict on Shaheen Bagh style protests. But what does that mean for our right to protest? The Shaheen Bagh sit-in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill that was led by women began in December and carried on for over 100 days well upto the start of the lockdown mandated by the coronavirus pandemic. While it gained momentum in the capital, petitions were filed in the Supreme Court seeking to remove the protesters alleging that their protest was hindering movement of traffic and affecting the right to free movement. And it is during the hearing of one such petition that the SC observed that there needs to be a balance between the right to protest and right to movement. Although the SC verdict doesn't go against the protesters, it says that going forward such demonstrations of dissent have to be held in designated spaces. Legal experts are of the opinion that it not only violates international laws, but also stands scrutiny under Indian law.Does this verdict impede the right to assemble? Does it hold the right to movement over the right to protest? Tune in to The Big Story!References: SC's Protest Verdict Goes Against Judgment It Relied on: ExpertsWhat Does SC's Shaheen Bagh Verdict Mean for Our Right to Protest?Why Shaheen Bagh Verdict Threatens Rights & Favours RestrictionsProtests Can't Occupy Public Spaces, Roads Like Shaheen Bagh: SCDelhi Police Blocked Roads, Not us: Shaheen Bagh Protesters to SC Producer and Host: Shorbori PurkayasthaInterviews: Vakasha Sachdev Editor: Shelly Walia Music: Big Bang FuzzListen to The Big Story podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIl Saavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78C Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2ntMV7S Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQ Deezer: http://bit.ly/2Vrf5Ng

In December 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government radically altered Indian citizenship law, introducing religion as a basis for providing citizenship. How has the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government justified making this change? Author of the groundbreaking book, "Mapping Citizenship in India," Anupama Roy, shares her findings based on an examination of a parliamentary report on the bill. The insights she will share are based on an article published in EPW on 14 December 2019 titled “The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the Aporia of Citizenship” (http://bit.ly/2Pr0YWX). We have created a feature on the article and that can found here: "Religion, Citizenship, and the State: Follow our Flowchart to See if You Qualify for Indian Citizenship" (https://bit.ly/2WxVxI4). Audio courtesy: Night Owl by Broke For Free [CC BY 3.0]

'Messiah Modi?' follows the thoughts & journey of one of India's most forthright journalists, Tavleen Singh.Having gone from enthusiastic supporter to disillusioned observer, Tavleen has followed the frenetic developments in the country. From lynching and demonetization up to the abrogation of Article 370 and the passing of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, with the National Register of Citizenship looming on the horizon. In conversation with leading journalist Barkha Dutt, she gives an intimate account of her subject with candour, close observation and her trademark sarcasm that puts down pretenders.

The situation in India is slowly developing into a state engineered pogrom against muslim people. This has been developing since the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Bill – now law – tying people’s citizenship to India, to their religion.Workers, students and other parts of civil society have been protesting since November last year in an effort to defeat the legislation. However, some of these protests have been contested by fascist forces and thugs, and in the last week we have seen mosques being burnt down, and heightened communal violence resulting in deaths.

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by author and journalist Samrat X.They begin with a discussion on the Citizenship Amendment Bill that has garnered massive attention in the media. Abhinandan questions whether the BJP had anticipated the reaction to the passage of the law. Mehraj responds, “Maybe they even figured this in their calculations and are fine with it. I mean like in Kashmir, they are fine with what happens in Kashmir as long as they get the votes elsewhere." Manisha points to the misconception that persecuted minorities in Afghanistan and Bangladesh can find refugee in India after this law comes into force. Manisha also says she was extremely disappointed that the opposition did not corner Amit Shah in the Parliament over the Citizenship Bill.Talking of the Anaj Mandi fire and its media coverage, Anand says, “I think it has to do with the media’s imagination of the public. In that imagination, the only profitable binary is State versus something or government versus something." He says though there was an air of horror around the incident, because the owner was an ordinary citizen and the people killed were also ordinary citizens, they didn't matter to the media.Samrat adds, “We have an imagination of the poor, where poor lead a miserable life and often die miserable deaths."The panel also discuss the public demand for death penalty to rapists, the British election, and much more. Tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As India commemorates the 70th anniversary of its Republic Day, the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect in 1950, on January 26th, we sat down with researcher Hari Prasad and journalist-academic Aman Madan to talk about the recent waves of protests throughout India opposing the ruling BJP's Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and National Register of Citizens which threatens to disenfranchise millions of Indians, particularly Muslims. What are the CAA and the NRC? Who are Modi and his BJP followers, and what is Hindutva? What differentiates these protests from previous ones? This conversation is intended to inform those who only vaguely know about what's been going on in India since the BJP took power and is the first of hopefully many more to come to discuss the threats and opportunities facing the world's largest democracy. Hari's website, including pieces co-written with Aman: http://hkprasad.com/ Further Reading/Listening: India: how some Hindu nationalists are rewriting caste history in the name of decolonisation How India's BJP cultivated a Muslim front for its Hindu nationalism For the first time, India is seeing secularism go from a top-down decree to a street slogan Two reasons that can keep CAA-NRC protests from evolving into a larger anti-Modi movement Even more info via "Asia Art Tours" podcast episodes: Journalist Surabhi Tandon on the "F*cking Insanity" of Kashmir's Historic and Contemporary Suffering Journalist Neha Dixit on India's Protests, Feminism and the Hindu Supremacy of the BJP Between Authoritarianism and Democracy: A Conversation on Contemporary India w. Debasish R Chowdhury Big Brother, Big Tech & Big Modi: Pranav Dixit of Buzzfeed News on Survelliance and Silicon Valley's Broken Promises in India More links will be on the associated blogpost on HummusForThought.com After the episode, Hari wanted to add something he didn't have time to say so we're pasting it below: "When I was in India this past fall, I met up with a fellow researcher based in Delhi. As we were talking about the state of India (and also the state of South Asia today), I expressed my frustrations with how we witnessed so many mass movements in democracies and police states, like the large scale protests in the Middle East and elsewhere, but that there hasn't been a similar response in South Asia. What he replied stuck with me. He said, "Indians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans, South Asians, people underestimate our capacity to suffer through things. Everybody knows how bad the problems here are, how bad things are. We suffered through centuries of horrific British rule, and still it took us so long to organize and get together. Desis would rather suffer through something and wait for someone else to take responsibility (like a strongman) to do it for us, don't underestimate our capacity to suffer".

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Joanna Slater, the India Bureau Chief of The Washington Post. They begin with a discussion on the gangrape and murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad, and the subsequent killing of the four accused by the police. Delving on the psyche of the rapists, Abhinandan says, “I could not believe they actually plotted this all evening. I mean with the intention that they just wanna have sex and they would rape a woman and kill her.”On the police’s shooting of the four accused men, Mehraj talks about the culture of impunity that exists in this country and the lack of accountability. Raman adds that the mindset for lynching the rapists was already out there.Pointing finger at the media discourse surrounding this case, Manish remarks, “One thing that’s really disturbing in cases like these is how the media frenzy just takes over any sane discourse.” By way of example, she mentions TV anchors who ran hashtags calling for the death of the alleged rapists.On the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Mehraj explains how the BJP is selling it as a measure that would help the millions of Hindus left out of the National Register of Citizens in Assam but how it might actually only add to their misery.Speaking about US President Donald Trump’s impeachment process, Joanna says, “From the kind of polling that I have seen from afar it seems the percentage of people who say that he should be impeached and removed has gone up over the course of this process. So it is changing some people’s mind on that.”On senior Congress leader P Chidambaran being released on bail in the INOX Media case, Raman argues, “This has come across as political vendetta. There is not really any case against him in the INOX Media case – and that comes out really clearly.”The panel also discusses the Unnao rape case, the falling GDP in September, the Delhi University teachers’ protest against the anticipated sacking of adhoc teachers, and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What happens to atheists as per the Citizenship Amendment Bill? In this podcast we sum up the best of the debates and the lines of argument taken by each party. Guest: Maansi Verma - Founder, Maadhyam, a participatory policymaking initiative.

The Union Cabinet has cleared the way for the updation of the National Population Register from April next year. Though the government was quick to state that the NPR is not related to the National Register of Citizens (NRC) there are still questions over the process through which the former will be compiled and the information that will be sought. Could the NPR then, be a precursor to a national NRC. This podcast looks at the link between the Census, NPR, NRC and finally the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Guest: K Venkataramanan, Associate Editor, The Hindu

The Government of Assam announces a one-time special incentive scheme for the children of the Employees of Hindustan Paper Corporation. Addressing the press conference at Janata Bhawan, State Finance Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma informed that this educational support is applicable to children of regular, serving employees of Hindustan Paper Corporation as a support to enable them to pursue their studies. Also, students pursuing courses within Assam or outside the state are eligible for a grant under this scheme. Security of 28 stations in NFR to be monitored by CCTV. The system has already been installed in 13 stations. High definition CCTV cameras are being installed at platforms, circulating and waiting areas of important stations with sufficient number of passengers. An inter-institution NSS camp on leadership and personality development is being organized by Gauhati University NSS Cell in association with Regional Directorate, NSS, NE Region, Guwahati from 8 – 12 January at Gauhati University campus. A two-day programme on Eradication of Stress & Enhancing Inner Strength for NDRF personnel in Guwahati, Assam was organized by the Prajapati Brahma Kumaris Iswariya Viswa Vidyalaya at the 1st Battalion National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Guwahati. Around 300 personnel, including officers, sub-ordinate officers and jawans of 1st Battalion NDRF & Frontier HQ BSF Guwahati participated in the programme. Rajya Sabha MP KG Kenye has been suspended from Nagaland People's Front (NPF) for voting in favour of Citizenship Amendment Bill which was passed in Rajya Sabha. Kenye who had extended his support to the Bill had said that the issue was being discussed in the House completely out of context. KG Kenye had resigned from the post of secretary-general of NPF, but he had not resigned from the party. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu asserted that the State government will fight the legal battle with all preparations against granting of citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees in the State. Khandu was responding to a question from Congress MLAs Nabam Tuki and Wanglin Lowangdong in the Assembly during Question Hour on the status of the review petition on granting of citizenship to the Chakma-Hajong refugees filed by the State government and the Centre before the Supreme Court. A bench consisting of Chief Justice of India S A Bobde refused urgent hearing of plea to declare CAA constitutional. The plea sought implementation of the Act in all states and sought actions against those spreading rumours against the Act. Several petitions have also been filed challenging the Act which aims to protect Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan by giving them Indian Citizenship. Envoy of 16 countries will visit Kashmir for two days to assess the ground situation in the region. The delegation will have members from Latin American and African countries. According to various reports, US Ambassador to India Kenneth Ian Juster is expected to be part of the envoy. The European Union had informed the centre that they would visit the region later. They have also insisted on a meeting with prominent leaders Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, and Mehbooba Mufti who are under detention. The security at the US Consulate here has been beefed up in view of the rising tension between the US and Iran. The Hyderabad Police deployed more police personnel, and security barricades were erected near the office of the US Consulate General, which is located in the busy Begumpet area to prevent any untoward incident.

0:08 – On December 12 2019, Indian lawmakers passed a Citizenship Amendment Bill that would give citizens of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh the opportunity to apply for Indian citizenship but they must be Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Jain, Parsi or Buddhist; Muslims are not included. Anti-Citizenship Law protests have erupted across India and continue to escalate. Now, to limit the protests, the government has implemented curfews and has shutdown internet services in several cities, and at least 22 people have been killed. We discuss the new law, what's being deemed a Muslim ban, marginalization of Muslim communities in India, and the growing Hindu nationalism under President Modi. 0:34 – We speak with award-winning actor from the Bay Area, now residing in Los Angeles, Rico Anderson about his life, career and experiences as a black actor in Hollywood. His new horror/thriller film Get Gone will be in select theaters on January 28th.    The post Government crackdown on anti-citizenship bill protests intensifies in India, fears of Hindu fascism under Modi growing; Plus: Berkeley-raised actor Rico Anderson on making it in Hollywood appeared first on KPFA.

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Why is India burning over the Citizenship Amendment Bill? Why does the NRC matter? What is happening in Assam? Srinath Raghavan joins Amit Varma in episode 152 of The Seen and the Unseen to give historical perspective on our current ferments. For detailed show notes, head on over to seenunseen.in.

Amruta Fadnavis, wife of former CM of Maharastra, Devendra Fadnavis openly supports Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019. She also talks about the work done by Thackeray Sarkar in the state so far!

Bollywood celebs like Kriti Sanon, Taapsee Pannu, and Nushrat Bharucha have come forward to speak about the protests against Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 and the violence in different states.

Asian Insider Ep 15: India's Citizenship Amendment Bill - Millions of migrants becoming stateless 16:01 mins Synopsis: This is Asian Insider, a series by The Straits Times every week. Together with our stable of 30 correspondents based around the world, we give an Asian perspective on the global talking points of the week. India's lower house parliament have passed a controversial citizenship bill that will give Indian citizenship to immigrants from 3 neighbouring countries only if they are of a certain religious group.  Dr Aparna Pande from the Hudson Institute and ST India Bureau Chief Nirmala Ganapathy discuss the ramifications of the bill with Asian Insider host Nirmal Ghosh. Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh & Irshad M Edited by: Irshad M & Rubeen Raj Follow more Asian Insider podcasts and rate us on: Spotify: https://str.sg/JoVB Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JoV2 Google podcasts: https://str.sg/JoVu0 Playlist: https://str.sg/JwRb  Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Thank you for your support! ST & BT Podcasts picked up a silver medal for Best Digital Project to engage younger and/or millennial audiences at 2019 Asian Digital Media Awards by Wan-Ifra:  https://str.sg/Jw5T  Watch a video of Podcasts on the rise in Singapore: https://youtu.be/aGJ4cbch6eQ   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Asian Insider Ep 15: India's Citizenship Amendment Bill - Millions of migrants becoming stateless 16:01 mins Synopsis: This is Asian Insider, a series by The Straits Times every week. Together with our stable of 30 correspondents based around the world, we give an Asian perspective on the global talking points of the week. India’s lower house parliament have passed a controversial citizenship bill that will give Indian citizenship to immigrants from 3 neighbouring countries only if they are of a certain religious group.  Dr Aparna Pande from the Hudson Institute and ST India Bureau Chief Nirmala Ganapathy discuss the ramifications of the bill with Asian Insider host Nirmal Ghosh. Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh & Irshad M Edited by: Irshad M & Rubeen Raj Follow more Asian Insider podcasts and rate us on: Spotify: https://str.sg/JoVB Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JoV2 Google podcasts: https://str.sg/JoVu0 Playlist: https://str.sg/JwRb  Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Thank you for your support! ST & BT Podcasts picked up a silver medal for Best Digital Project to engage younger and/or millennial audiences at 2019 Asian Digital Media Awards by Wan-Ifra:  https://str.sg/Jw5T  Watch a video of Podcasts on the rise in Singapore: https://youtu.be/aGJ4cbch6eQ  

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Anurag Kashyap thinks Akshay Kumar is 'Spineless' and insults him on social media over the ongoing debate on Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019.

On the season two finale of Grand Tamasha, Milan sits down with podcast regulars Sadanand Dhume of the American Enterprise Institute and the Wall Street Journal and the Brookings Institution’s Tanvi Madan to round up this month’s political news from India. First, Milan and his guests discuss the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the protests that have rocked India. Next, they discuss the original “Grand Tamasha,” also known as the never-ending 2019 Maharashtra assembly election. Finally, Milan, Sadanand, and Tanvi debate the unusual intermingling of Indian politics and domestic politics in the United States and the United Kingdom.This is the last episode of Grand Tamasha in 2019. Join us for season three, which kicks off in late January 2020. We would love to hear from you with any and all feedback on the show--what you like, what you hate, and what guests you’d like to hear from. Please email us at podcasts@ceip.org.

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Even as spontaneous protests raged against the Citizenship law across the country, the situation escalated in the national capital late on Sunday evening when a peaceful student protest at Jamia Milia Islamia took a violent turn. As the police resorted to brute force, Southeast Delhi was transformed into a virtual war zone – and the university itself came under siege. Around the same time, Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh Muslim University witnessed protests, as well, with students allegedly pelting stones at police, and police retaliating with tear gas and wanton destruction of bikes on the streets of Aligarh. A day later, the protest that started from two universities had spread nationwide –– Delhi University, Benares Hindu University, IIT Madras, and some colleges in Chennai, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and more. What happened at Jamia on Sunday evening? How did the protests turn violent? Why did the police resort to the kind of force they put into use? And what next?Host & Editor: Vishnu GopinathProducer: Shelly Walia Guests: Vakasha Sachdev, Legal EditorAsmita Nandy, The QuintShadab Moizee, The QuintListen to our other podcasts on the Citizenship Amendment Bill here and here.

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Indian parliament passed a fundamental change to the country's citizenship law to include religion as a criterion for nationality for the first time, deepening concerns that a country founded on secular ideals is becoming a Hindu state. Protesters in Melbourne federation square termed bill as discriminatory and the same views are echoed by many others including president of Indian Crescent Society of Australia. Listen details in podcast. - بھارتی پارلیمنٹ نے شہریت کا ایک متنازعہ قانون منظور کر لیا ہے جس سے پاکستان، بنگلا دیش اور افغانستان میں مذہبی بنیاد پر ظلم و ستم کا سامنا کرنے والے صرف غیر مسلم افراد کو بھارتی شہریت دی جائے گی۔واضح رہے کہ بھارتی کے مغربی بنگال، پنجاب، کیرالہ، مدھیہ پردیش اور چھتیس گڑھ کے وزرائے اعلیٰ نے کہا ہے کہ وہ اس متنازع قانون پرعمل درآمد نہیں کریں گے۔بھارت میں اس بل کے خلاف مظاہرے جاری ہیں۔ آسٹریلیا کے کچھ شہروں میں بھی اس قانون کے خلاف احتجاج ہوا اور میلبورن کے مظاہرین نے اسے انسانی حقوق کی خلاف ورزی قرار دیا جبکہ ہندوستانی مسلمانوں کی آسٹریلین تنظیم کے صدر نے بھی اسے تعصب پر مبنی قرار دیا ہے۔ تفصیل سنئیے اس پوڈ کاسٹ میں ۔

The Citizenship Amendment Bill actually solves a certain problem for refugees but doesn't hold good for a wider landscape. Listen to my opinion on this issue that affects the lives of thousands of people.

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ButFirstCoffeeMedia presents The Espresso Shot. A segment focused on news and current events, or quick follow-ups from past episodes. Today's Espresso Shot episode is a follow-up to Kashmir in the discrimination that Muslims continue to face in India. The Citizenship Amendment Bill is an Act being led and proposed by the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) to give a path to Indian citizenship to illegal immigrants and welcoming immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan for all religious group except Muslims. ---

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The Indian government is one step closer to passing a law aimed at protecting religious minorities. But by excluding Muslims, is the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill unconstitutional? And, we speak with prominent Indian journalist Rana Ayyub about what it's like reporting in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's India amid growing accusations the ruling BJP is marginalising Muslims. Guests: Salman Anees Soz Senior Member of the Opposition Indian National Congress Party Sudhanshu Mittal Senior BJP Leader Rana Ayyub Journalist and Author of 'Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up' Or watch here: https://youtu.be/vXluQpgsVqU

In this week's episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Meghnad S, Basant Kumar, and Veena Nair. While Meghnad explains the nitty-gritty of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Veena updates everyone about the JNU students' protest march to Rashtrapati Bhawan. Basant talks about the pathetic living conditions of migrant labourers in Delhi as he recounts his visit to the Anaj Mandi that was gutted by a massive fire recently. This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn't, and what absolutely shouldn't have. Tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

While we've been covering the Citizenship Amendment Bill that got passed in both the houses of the parliament, there's another bill to be concerned about — the Personal Data Protection Bill.Now the government has been pushing for a digital India, and India has more than 600 million internet users but the country lacks something very important — laws to protect our personal data.Two years after a bill on data protection was drafted with the intension of protecting citizen's data and preventing misuse, it was introduced in the Lok Sabha.However, people are worried that it may not serve the purpose at all and in fact lead to government surveillance on citizens.Let's dive into the details of the bill in The Big Story where with the help of experts we understand what the criticism against the bill is all about and why it has potential for misuse. Producer and Host: Shorbori PurkayasthaEditor: Jaskirat Singh BawaMusic: Big Bang FuzzListen to The Big Story podcast on:Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIlSaavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78CGoogle Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2ntMV7SSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQDeezer: http://bit.ly/2Vrf5NgCastbox: http://bit.ly/2VqZ9ur

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India's parliament has passed a bill that would give Indian citizenship to immigrants from three neighboring countries -- but not if they are Muslim.The controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) will fast-track citizenship for religious minorities. including Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians, from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.Opposition parties say the bill is unconstitutional as it bases citizenship on a person's religion and would further marginalize India's 200-million strong Muslim community.According to the government, ruled by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said the bill seeks to protect religious minorities who fled persecution in their home countries. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Citizenship Amendment Bill is raking up as much action outside the parliament as it is in the inside.The Bill was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on 11 December and after 48 members debated over it for at least seven hours the bill was passed with 125 ayes.And while that was happening in the capital, parts of North-East have been embroiled with intensified protests against the bill with arson and internet shutdown and curfews in place.How bad is the situation currently in the North-East over the passing of the bill and what happened in the parliament today? Tune in to The Big Story! Also Listen To: Citizenship Amendment Bill: Why it Does More Damage Than Actual Good Producer and Host: Shorbori PurkayasthaEditor: Shelly WaliaMusic: Big Bang FuzzListen to The Big Story podcast on:Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIlSaavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78CGoogle Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2ntMV7SSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQDeezer: http://bit.ly/2Vrf5NgCastbox: http://bit.ly/2VqZ9ur

This week on Cock & Bull Cyrus is joined in the studio by comedian Mandar Bhide, Amit and Abbas. THe 4 of them talk about what freedom means to them, their take on the Citizenship Amendment Bill, the rising Onion prices, the encounter in Hyderabad, cow safsaris in UP, and a bizarre art piece that sold for $120,000. You can read Prashant Uttekar's twitter thread here: https://twitter.com/PrashantUttekar/status/1202302860777537537 Here's the scintillating picture of Cyrus from the Verve photo shoot: http://www.verveonline.com/images/100images/100iconic/cyrus.jpg Do send in year end Cock & Bull topics for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.com Follow Mandar on twitter @sendtomandar Don't forget to follow Cyrus Broacha on Instagram @BoredBroacha In case you're late to the party and want to catch up on previous episodes of Cyrus Says you can do so at: www.ivmpodcasts.com/cyrussays You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios

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Right around midnight on December 10th, the Lok Sabha passed the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill after seven long hours of heated debate. The Bill if passed by the Rajya Sabha today, will change India’s citizenship law. On this episode, we unpack the Citizenship Amendment Bill and how it changes India's citizenship law. What is the reasoning provided by the Centre for its need? Why are parts of the North East are protesting it? What are legal challenges it may face? Why is it being criticised for religious discrimination? Deeptiman Tiwary, who covers the Home Ministry for the Indian Express bureau, joins us to explain.  

Former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha spoke to HT's Sunetra Choudhury about the recent encounter of alleged rapists in Hyderabad. He said there couldn't be two ways of looking at it, mob mentality had prevailed because people wanted instant justice. He said the only way to bring back faith in processes was by investing in reform. He also commented on the Citizenship Amendment Bill.

Close on the heels of the Lok Sabha approving the Citizenship Amendment Bill, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a human rights watchdog, has sought the US government to impose sanctions on home minister Amit Shah if the bill gets approved by the upper house as well. The bill, the body says, marks a “dangerous turn” as it violates India’s secular principles. Could this hurt India’s foreign relations? That seems unlikely given India’s strengthening ties with the US. But, our leadership needs to be mindful not to let negative perceptions build. If that happens, such moves could over a longer term lead to India’s overseas standing getting weakened.

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The Citizenship amendment bill was taken up by the Lok Sabha and passed close to midnight on 9 December with 311 ayes and 80 noes.For those who followed the parliamentary proceedings will agree that rarely have we seen the Parliament work till so late, and with such determination and carry on a session till midnight as it did on the 9 December to be able to pass this particular bill that the government had failed to pass in Narendra Modi's first term. But despite putting such long hours what our legislators have presented what many are calling an illogical and biased bill that does more damage than actual good.What this bill does is aims to offer Indian citizenship to migrants who have entered India illegally, from Pakistan, Bangladesh or Afghanistan as they fled religious persecutions in their own nations. But only if the migrants belong to any of these communities — Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian — everybody but Muslims. And that's why the bill is so controversial irrespective of it being passed by a majority in the Lok Sabha.The second aspect of the Bill is that the waiting period for naturalisation for these select communities have been reduced to six years instead of 11 years.Currently, who we understand to be illegal migrants for instance take the case of the number of Bengali Hindus and Muslims residing in Assam who featured on the NRC list can't apply for citizenship. But what this bill will do is selectively pick the Hindu migrants, cross them off the list and make them citizens and continue to treat the Muslim migrants as illegal. But here are the several questions that this raising. Why does it pick only three countries amongst the several neighbours that we have where there are minority communities that face religious persecution? Why does it exclude Muslims from these nations? How is the government defending this bill in a secular state with a constitution that prohibits discrimination on the basis of religions?Producer and Host: Shorbori PurkayasthaEditor: Shelly WaliaMusic: Big Bang FuzzListen to The Big Story podcast on:Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIlSaavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78CGoogle Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2ntMV7SSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQDeezer: http://bit.ly/2Vrf5NgCastbox: http://bit.ly/2VqZ9ur

At the stroke of midnight, the Lok Sabha passed the controversial Citizen Amendment Bill. Yes, it took almost 12 long hours of debating in the lower house of the parliament, where the BJP has a majority on its own. The bill surpassed its initial hurdle, like it did on January 8, earlier this year. However this time it was passed with 311 votes in favour and 80 against it.  So, here are a few things you need to know before forming an opinion: The Proposed legislation seeks to fast-track citizenship for persecuted minority groups from nowhere but in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.  The six minority groups that have been specifically identified are Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis. However, the Act doesn’t have a provision for Muslim sects like Shias and Ahmedis who also face persecution in Pakistan. How did the Union home minister Amit Shah justified the intentions of the bill? In his reply to over six-hour-long debate on the Bill, Shah insisted that the proposed law does not discriminate against Indian Muslims but aimed at protecting continued persecution of minorities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. He also said that the Bill was a result of the failure of the 1950 Nehru-Liaquat pact. And there is a distinction between illegal immigrants and refugees.  What’s more, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night took Twitter to express his delight over the passage of the Bill in the Lok Sabha, "Delighted that the Lok Sabha has passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 after a rich and extensive debate. I thank the various MPs and parties that supported the Bill. This Bill is in line with India's centuries old ethos of assimilation and belief in humanitarian values," he tweeted. He said he would like to specially applaud Home Minister Amit Shah for lucidly explaining all aspects of the measure. "He also gave elaborate answers to the various points raised by respective MPs during the discussion in the Lok Sabha," Modi said. Well, in case you have missed, according to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, till December 31 2014, facing religious persecution there, will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship.  Presently, the Constitution of India provides for citizenship by naturalisation – for people who have lived in India for the past 12 months and for 11 of the past 14 years. It also provides for people whose parents or grandparents were born in India to become Indian citizens. Who are illegal immigrants from India's perspective? To know more, listen to this podcast...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday introduced the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha. The bill seeks to grant citizenship to minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan if they are persecuted there. Arguably, offering citizenship on the basis of religion runs contrary to India’s secular principles. It also appears to violate fundamental rights under Article 14 and 15 of the Constitution, which guarantee equality before the law and prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion. Mint Views Daily dispatch brings you scenes from the Mint edit table where ideas are mooted, discussed and debated before they make it to the coveted editorial page of the paper.

Aadit Kapadia is joined by columnist and analyst Kishor Narayan as they discuss the Karnataka By Polls, Citizenship Amendment Bill and the Hyderabad and Unnao Incident

The 17th edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit witnessed a heated debate over the provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Bill. BJP MP Jamyang Namgyal argued that the government is there to run a country and not a dharamshala. Why though? Click to know more.

While defending the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 Jamyang Namgyal said that Islam isn't the birthplace of India. Click to hear how he arrive at making that statement at the 17th edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. The Summit's theme was - conversations for a better tomorrow.

Congress MP Manish Tewari says that the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 fails the first principle of the constitution to the extent that Dr. Ambedkar must be turning in his grave. Click to hear him elaborately debate the bill at the 17th edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. 

TMC MP Mahua Moitra engaged in a fiery debate over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill at the 17th edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit with Congress MP Manish Tewari and BJP MP Jamyang Namgyal. TMC lawmakers argued that it is unconstitutional to provide citizenship on the basis of religion. Click to find out why. 

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the inaugural address at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2019. He spoke on the government's decision to scrap Jammu and Kashmir's special status, and also the Supreme Court verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. He also pushed the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill.

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On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 granting exemption to a large part of the North East region. In the first segment, Deeptiman Tiwary, explains the reasons for this change and whether the bill will face criticism to the extent that it did last time it tried to pass. Next, Udit Misra talks about the reason why the RBI's monetary policy committee decided to not cut the repo rate, why it came as a surprise to many and the reason it might be worried. And last, a 23-year-old gangrape victim was set on fire allegedly by five men in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh.

The Union Cabinet approved the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) today.  On Tuesday evening, Home Minister Amit Shah held discussions with representatives of students’ bodies and civil society groups of Assam on the CAB. Chief Minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal, attended the meetings. It was the third such session held by Shah since Friday to understand their concerns over the proposed law. The groups, including the All Assam Students Union, told Shah that they are apprehensive that the proposed law, could affect the indigenous people of the northeast. There have been widespread protests in the northeastern states against the Bill. Government sources said the northeastern states could be kept out of the purview of the Bill. Amidst a clamour for withdrawal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, the students' union and alumni association of Cotton University, Assam have decided to ban the entry of members of the ruling BJP, RSS and other organisations supporting the bill into the varsity. Along with the BJP-RSS, the students' union and alumni association also banned entry of all organisations and leaders, who are supporting the CAB, into the institution. They said the students' union opposes the CAB and it will organise a protest against it on December 5 Now what exactly is Citizenship bill? The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 in order to grant Indian nationality to Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians, who come to India because of religious persecution in Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan even if they do not possess proper documents. The Bill aims to change the definition of illegal migrants.   Presently, the Constitution of India provides for citizenship by naturalisation – for people who have lived in India for the past 12 months and for 11 of the past 14 years. It also provides for people whose parents or grandparents were born in India to become Indian citizens. The amendment seeks to relax this requirement from 11 years to 6 years. Listen to the podcast to know who are illegal immigrants from India's perspective and which parties are against it and why  

The Citizenship Amendment Bill, the contentious legislation that seeks to amend a 1955 law to allow Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan to apply for Indian citizenship while keeping out Muslims, is all set to be tabled in the winter session of Parliament starting today. In the first segment, Deeptiman Tiwary, talks about how it is connected to the NRC and discusses its constitutional validity. Next, Adil Akhzer, talks about the on going lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir and the changes that the valley has seen in the last week. And last, a bar in the Delhi that offers customers 15 minutes of Oxygen starting from Rs 299.

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I chat with Kanchan Gupta about the Citizenship Amendment Bill proposed by the BJP. You can read Kanchan Gupta's article on the same subject in ORF here https://www.orfonline.org/research/beyond-poll-rhetoric-bjps-contentious-citizenship-amendment-bill-50499/ You can follow Kanchan Da on Twitter @KanchanGupta You can follow me on Twitter @kushal_mehra

On April 26th 2019, as part of Indian Express' Idea Exchange, our Journalists and Editors spoke to BJP general secretary Ram Madhav.  In this episode you’ll hear him talk about the BJP campaign, expectations for the next phases of the election, Pragya Singh Thakur, Jobs, the Citizenship Amendment Bill and Kashmir. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @expresspodcasts, or send us an email at podcasts@indianexpress.com. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on www.indianexpress.com/audio. .

As parts of Assam and the North Eastern states of India go to the polls we take this opportunity to discuss some of the issues which have caused much discussion, debate and anxiety in the region. Specifically the implementation of the National Register of Citizens in Assam and the proposed introduction of the Citizenship Amendment Bill which aims to give accelerated citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Muslim majority countries around India. We are joined by Dr Suan to understand the background of the issue, why it has come to the fore at this time and what it means for the politics of not just Assam but the rest of India as well. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios

Assam votes in the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019 on 11 April. Two more phases will follow on 18 and 28 April. So, what are the big election issues in Assam? To find out, The Quint reached Assam. Through our My Vote Chaupal, we have been giving a voice to the Indian voter. Because we truly believe that elections are not about the politicians but about the voters who choose them by making an informed choice. In this edition of My Vote Chaupal, we spoke to a few students of University Law College, Gauhati University. And here the mandate was clear – the biggest issue in the elections is the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 (CAB). The bill was not passed in the Parliament and it lapsed.