https://en.themooknayak.com/education/iit-bombay-academic-malpractice-rules-sahil-wakode-case-raises-questions-over-what-should-have-happened-inside-exam-hall https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-09-24/nqhwplws/sahil-wakode.png The footage appears to show Prof Doolla taking Wakode away from the other students before an exchange between them. themooknayak-en en 2026-09-24T14:35:16.941+05:30 IIT Bombay Academic Malpractice Rules: Sahil Wakode Case Raises Questions Over What Should Have Happened Inside Exam Hall IIT Bombay Suicide Row, Sahil Wakode Case, IIT Bombay Academic Malpractice Rules, Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, Mumbai Crime Branch https://en.themooknayak.com/governance/sir-row-john-brittas-seeks-president-murmus-urgent-intervention-over-eci-functioning-sir-and-electoral-roll-integrity https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-09-23/i1477cqa/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-23-2026-064031-PM.png The two Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised objections at least 14 times during the previous 10 months, including objections to decisions and communications allegedly undertaken in the name of the Commission without their knowledge or approval. themooknayak-en en 2026-09-23T19:15:00.000+05:30 SIR Row: John Brittas Seeks President Murmu’s Urgent Intervention Over ECI Functioning, SIR and Electoral Roll Integrity SIR Row, Electoral Roll Integrity, Election Commission of India, Gyanesh Kumar https://en.themooknayak.com/dalit-news/sanitised-republic-caste-contracts-how-a-film-on-caste-and-contract-labour-was-blocked-from-keralas-documentary-festival-tm-exclusive https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-09-23/q5k1pxv6/5uCCc.jpg The documentary has been denied screening at three festivals- the Durgapur Film Festival, the Ritu Rangam Film Festival and IDSFFK. The third festival denial has therefore pushed the filmmakers to ask a larger question about what happens when the experiences of sanitation workers are documented and brought into public view. https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-09-23/a59kqg0o/competition-short-documentary-1-1.png The Union government has not granted permission for 31 films at the festival, including 18 officially selected films and nine films in the International Non-Fiction section, where ‘Sanitised Republic’ was selected. https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-09-23/sxdujem4/IMG4367.jpg The repeated difficulties in screening the documentary have led the film makers to question what happens when someone documents sanitation workers whose labour is indispensable to hospitals and other institutions, but whose voices and working conditions remain uncomfortable to represent publicly. https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-09-23/io91f2o3/kalawati-hospital.jpeg The film looks beyond the physical act of cleaning hospitals. https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-09-23/you293az/1767938458lady-hardinge-medical-college-hospital-new-delhi.jpg The documentary records what happened inside the hospitals during COVID, how the pandemic was managed and what happened to the frontline workers, particularly sanitation workers, who helped keep those hospitals running. https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-09-23/na0e87sx/Screenshot-2026-09-23-at-1.13.49-AM-1.png Cleaning, the filmmakers argue, is not neutral labour. It is caste-coded labour. https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-09-23/z6qyq07h/IMG1420.PNG A film about sanitation workers and a larger question about who gets to speak. themooknayak-en en 2026-09-23T11:36:53.428+05:30 Sanitised Republic: Cast(e) & Contracts: How a Film on Caste and Contract Labour Was Blocked From Kerala’s Documentary Festival | TM Exclusive ‘Sanitised Republic: Cast(e) & Contracts’ documentary, sanitation workers struggle, caste and contract labour, Kerala’s Documentary Festival