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Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker

It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.

Protests as two women pray at Sabarimala, Kerala shutdown called

Thiruvananthapuram/Sabarimala, Jan 2 (IANS) Protests erupted across Kerala on...

Kerala’s women show how walls are built in a progressive society

Called ‘Vanitha Mathil’ the women’s wall stretched from Kasaragod...

620 KM Long Women’s Wall of Kerala Challenges Brahmanical Patriarchy

About 3-5  million women formed a wall across Kerala...

Discrimination over menstruation a breach of human rights: Indian Biologists

Biologists from eminent universities and education centres in Mohali,...

Women’s organisations in Jaipur to protest the murder of Sanjali and Neha

The women’s rights group from Jaipur are calling on...

After Me Too, can we trust the UK government to tackle sexual abuse?

If our lawmakers fail to confront abuse in their...

Massive cuts in central funds for women’s schemes in 2018

Schemes such as Swadhar Greh Scheme, which is aimed...

Cleric Tells Muslim Wives: Your Husband Is Meant To Be Shared With Other Women

Women protecting their husbands from polygamy are “thieves” who...

Kithab: Silencing Secular Minds

Kerala witnessed yet another controversy when Memunda Higher Secondary...

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Bowing to outrage, Delhi University V-C says that Manusmriti removed from curriculum, won’t teach in future

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