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Women: Nation builders, missing from the nation’s books
An exploration of the path-breaking verdict delivered by the SC declaring “housewives as nation-builders”[1]. The author, an academic explores, academically and historically, how societies and nations have only imagined economies and valued production through narrow prisms while feminist scholars have spent decades challenging this hierarchy; the real challenge that the June 11 judgement throws is whether we are prepared for a substantive re-set and re-construct
‘We who Believe in Freedom cannot rest until it comes’
Full text of legendery activist Angela Davis at the...
मध्यप्रदेश: जहाँ कानून का नहीं, संघ परिवार का सांप्रदायिक राज है
मध्यप्रदेश के इतिहास में ऐसा कभी नहीं हुआ जब...
Madras HC slams ‘shariat council’ for assuming powers of court and settling cases
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The bench was issuing further orders based on a...
Moditva: A Sophisticated and Malevolent Regime and Emerging Political System
Political scientists and public philosophers are yet to invent...
खैरलांजी के पीड़ित दलित परिवार को इंसाफ की लड़ाई लड़ रहे भैयालाल का निधन
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नई दिल्ली। महाराष्ट्र में खैरलांजी के दलित परिवार के...
Will the Indian Supreme Court’s sure but silent moves work to torpedo not just Modi ‘s Demonetisation Move but Ordinance Raj?
When, on December 30, 2016, Indian prime minister Narendra...
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Interview: Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary on how he was hounded, humiliated and maligned
I can speak out,' says Rajendra Kumar, 'but there...
Bombay HC sets aside Election of Gadchiroli BJP MLA
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IIT-Kharagpur Adivasi Student Commits Suicide on Railway Tracks: TOI
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