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Karachi, Pakistan: Women march for autonomy, gendered equality, resistance

Karachi, Pakistan’s port city marched and marched with slogans like #MeraJismMeriMarzi #Azaadi #AuratMarchKarachi #AuratMarch for women’s dignity, autonomy and voice

Hindutva’s Fascist Heritage

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We must become the Khudai Khidmatgars of today: Anand Patwardhan

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‘Patriotic’ BJP turns the NIT Campus into a Cantonment: Srinagar

The hasty manner in which the Bharatiya Janata Party...

Another victim of state religion, free-thinker hacked to death by machete: Bangladesh

  Nazimuddin Samad, Image Source: FacebookLate on the evening of...

Journalists in Pakistan Unite to Fight Violence Against Media

With increasing attacks and threats to journalists, the media...

Was Father Tom Crucified by ISIS on Good Friday? Catholic sources uncertain

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Sangeet, Sapna aur Samvidhan: Diverse Tastes that animate India

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Aadhaar Bill skirts crucial issue of Privacy as a Fundamental Right

Notwithstanding the court's orders, the government is trying to...

Leak In Kakrapar Nuclear Plant: Can We Rely On Official Assurances?

  Image: DNAOn the morning of Friday the March11, 2016,...

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