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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.
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'If the cases are not withdrawn within the stipulated...
Bangladesh: The riptides underlying the students’ anti-reservation protests
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Rohingya refugees lose all they saved in last five years to Delhi fire
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Bangladesh and UNHCR agree on voluntary return of Rohingya refugees
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Where did People of India and Other Parts of South, Central Asia Come From?
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Bangladesh: PM says no more quotas in government jobs
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Pakistan’s activist Supreme Court endangers a fragile democracy
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