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A Swiss educator’s free primary school on West Bengal’s Sagar Island shows how household visits, meals and local partnerships can help families give education a chance—and why the right to schooling must not depend on charity.

Open Post: How Sandra Lavie Gojkovic’s Free School on Sagar Island Builds Trust and Access to Education

An Instagram post contrasts public solidarity after the 2012 Nirbhaya assault with police action against Ankita Bhandari’s family in October 2026. Both periods saw protests and policing; Ankita’s parents were detained despite the conviction of three men for her murder. The record raises a sharper question about fair limits on peaceful dissent and unresolved demands…

Open Post: From Nirbhaya to Ankita Bhandari: candlelight protests, police detentions and the right to demand justice

After a 2024 encroachment notice and years of court proceedings, Gujarat approved a proposal to gift 500 sq m of disputed Vadodara civic land to Yusuf Pathan and transfer another 478 sq m at a discount. His recent political realignment raises questions, but does not itself prove a quid pro quo; municipal approvals remain pending.

Open Post: Yusuf Pathan’s Vadodara land deal: Gujarat’s proposed concession after his political switch raises questions over public property

A woman at Delhi’s 16 October 2026 Tiranga March recalled joining anti-corruption protests before the BJP came to power and questioned today’s detentions. Records show police crackdowns under both governments, while the 2026 arrests and women’s justice protests raise fresh questions about necessary limits on peaceful dissent.

Open Post: At Delhi’s Tiranga March, a protester compares 2011 with 2026: what changed in policing dissent?

Amit Shah was required to stay outside Gujarat after receiving bail in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case in 2010. Court records explain the order, his 2014 discharge and why allegations about Judge B. H. Loya’s death must not be treated as proven.

Open Post: Why Amit Shah Was Called ‘Tadipar’: The Gujarat Restriction, Sohrabuddin Case and Judge Loya Claims

The 2G record is not resolved by a single “scam” or “no scam” verdict. The 2017 criminal acquittals remain operative, while the Supreme Court separately held the 2008 licence-allocation process illegal and quashed it; the ₹1.76-lakh-crore figure was a presumptive audit estimate, not proven stolen cash. Keeping those findings distinct is essential to understanding what…

Open Post: The 2G record contains both criminal acquittals and a Supreme Court finding that the 2008 licences were illegal

Modi’s 2012 criticism of India’s ‘beef export’ position referred to a trade category that international datasets use for buffalo meat; Indian policy prohibits cow, ox and calf beef exports while permitting boneless buffalo meat. That export trade did not disappear under Modi: APEDA reports $5.10 billion of buffalo-meat exports in 2025–26 and calls India the…

Open Post: India still exports buffalo meat at scale; the Modi ‘beef’ contradiction depends on terminology and context

A genuine 2012 clip shows Narendra Modi blaming a petrol hike on governance, while a ₹3-per-litre increase occurred under his premiership in May 2026. The deeper record is that Indian fuel prices are formally deregulated yet have repeatedly been frozen or adjusted instead of mechanically tracking crude costs—leaving real government and state-company discretion without proving…

Open Post: India’s fuel prices are deregulated on paper, but long freezes blur who controls pump-price changes