Veteran Bengali playwright Chandan Sen’s play holds up a mirror to autocracy and shrinking freedom

‘Ak Nayok-er Sesh Raat’ explores how authoritarianism can survive even under a democratically elected government
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Pinarayi Vijayan accuses the UDF government of opening the door for the RSS to indoctrinate school children
The LP school Freedom Quiz question ostensibly sought to test children's historical knowledge by asking which freedom fighter received the most punishment from the British; the “answer key” identified the “freedom fighter” as V.D. Savarkar

Out of society’s mind, the mentally ill in Kerala’s government mental health centres yearn for compassion
The inmates of State-run mental health centres in Kerala are living in abominable conditions. Acute shortage of staff and facilities plagues Government Mental Health Centre, Thrissur. Fifty-five inmates in the Thiruvananthapuram centre and around 40 in Thrissur are fit to be discharged. Yet, with no one to take them home or no place to go, they continue to live in the centres. Relapses have forced some others to return to the cells

Yogi Adityanath showers petals on Kanwariyas in Meerut | Watch
Earlier in the day, the UP CM conducted an aerial survey by helicopter over the Meerut region to review the arrangements in place for the pilgrimage.

7 killed, 11 injured in Himachal bus accident; PM Modi expresses sorrow
Seven people were killed, and eleven were injured after a private bus skidded off the road and met with an accident in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district.