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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

Hell on Earth

Since the overthrow of the ‘communist devils’ in Afghanistan in April 1992, first the Mujahedeens and then the Talebans have put ‘Islam’ in practice in Afghanistan.  For hundreds of thousands of ordinary Afghanis, women in particular, this has meant an unending nightmare of terror and trauma wrote Teesta Setalvad in 1998

Taleban: More ‘Islam’, more misery

​​​​​​​Its website tells you how the Taleban are Allah’s  own gift to Afghanistan. Independent reports of realities on the ground tell a very different story

Rebel and her cause

If women have been the worst hit by the Islam sought to be imposed on Afghanis, the most determined resistance to the fanatics has also come from an organisation of women — RAWA

Match for the mullahs

They may be small in number, as yet, but RAWA activists are not shy of challenging the fanatics out on the streets

Uncle Sam sins

How do you discover that your friend is, in fact, your enemy? Ask the CIA

And others pay for them 

The US can well–afford its  misadventures since  its always someone else who pays for them — Iraqi women, for example

Sri Lanka – Will Buddha’s Lions Make Peace with Tamil Tigers?

The countdown has begun. In less than 50 days,...

When Lankan nobility invited Nayakkars from south India to rule

Leslie Gunawardana, a leading historian, currently vice-chancellor University of...

Buddha’s Lions and Tamil Tigers

Just opposite the Bandarnaike Memorial Hall in Colombo stands...

Muslims: The third factor in Lankan politics

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