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Bangladesh: Why Indian Muslims’ voice against anti-Hindu violence matters
It is reassuring to see some noted Indian Muslim intellectuals and scholars including a few Ulema come out and call spade a spade.
Asma अब भी जिंदा है! (Ab bhi Zinda hai!) Asma is still Alive!
A personal tribute on International Womens Day …. if we in Pakistan can fight our dictators, you should be able to fight your politicians!
What Indian Media Didn’t Tell Us About Faiz Festival in Lahore
Javed Akhtar’s remarks at the event are significant, but not more than the progressive environment the fair provides.
Pakistan Lynching: Muslims Should Call Out Their Own Theology
Those who argue that this is not about Islam are part of the problem; they should be called enablers of such incidents
Cut in WFP funding threatens Rohingyas with hunger, deprivation: Bangladesh
A recent missive by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) which is the world’s largest humanitarian organization spells dire news for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh with the government unsympathetic as ever
Bangladesh: Unidentified persons vandalize 12 temples
The Hindu community maintains that no such attack has ever taken place in the region
University professor, outspoken critic of the Taliban’s ban on education for women and girls arrested in Kabul: Afghanistan
Prof Ismail Mashal was detained on Thursday February 2, while handing out free books.
The case against Adani Group’s power supply project in Bangladesh reaches Calcutta High Court
This case is filed by 30 farmers of Murshidabad and the APDR
Hindu woman found decapitated, maimed in Pakistan
She was also allegedly raped before being murdered and her body was dumped in a wheat field
Kabul University Prof Protests Taliban ban on Women’s Education, Tears Up Diplomas on TV
A viral clip shows the professor saying that if his mother and sister can’t study, he doesn’t accept the education system.
Workers (Bangladesh)
The author and photographer, a academic from JNU tells us stories through the camera; one lesson that is enduring and humbling, however is the excitement and respect that our neighbours, ordinary Bangladeshis have for Indians
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