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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.

Why are Muslim Leaders and Clerics So Afraid of Feminism and Critical of the West?

“Western concept of Feminism has completely degraded the role...

UP Police abduct, try to intimidate student leader Pooja Shukla

On Saturday evening, CJP received word that Uttar Pradesh...

Student leader Pooja Shukla abducted and taken to undisclosed location

We have just received information that student leader Pooja...

Modesty is Not the Most Important Thing in My Relationship With God

why is so much emphasis placed upon the way...

Some Reflections on Rape in India

A couple of days back, representatives of a group...

Is BJP-Ghaziabad police nexus trying to cover up minor’s rape incident?

Activists on the ground fear that the local leadership...

Kumkum Sangari looks back at Recasting Women — the landmark book on gender

The academic in conversation with Pragati Mohapatra   In the second...

Over 1 lakh rape cases reported between 2014-16 in India

Rijiju said in Rajya Sabha that 38,947 cases of...

Muslims must re-think the rigid frame-work for unequal gender roles in the family: Musawah

An important paper, Who provides? Who cares? Changing dynamics...

How the Church needs to change the way it addresses Sexual and Gender-based abuse

Christian churches belonging to different denominations are facing a...

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Why Indian Democracy Feels No Shame About the Bastar Killings

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‘We Didn’t Know the Law’: NMC apologises after illegally demolishing Jehrunissa Khan’s home in Nagpur

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“Urdu Is Not Alien”: Supreme Court reclaims the language’s place in the Indian Constitutional fabric

By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, debunks politicised language divides, and restores dignity to a shared linguistic heritage