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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.

Report: 21 women raped on public transportation in 13 months in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers' welfare platform, published...

You value a rape at Rs 6,500? ‘Shocked’ SC slams MP govt.

The apex court on Thursday said it was “shocking”...

An Unusual Funeral in Pakistan

Asma Jahangir, the doyen of human rights and women’s...

Asma Jahangir: In death, as in life

Photo credit: Geo TVAs I walked into the stadium...

What it means to be a Muslim male feminist

Feminism is quite a loaded term in Muslim societies....

Women Delegates Write to Law Ministry on the Bill of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2017

  Press ReleaseA delegation comprising of P.K Sreemathi (M.P Loksabha),  Sudha Sundararaman    (Vice-President)...

Women speak out on sexual harassment during Hajj

'I was afraid to share this because it might...

#JusticeForAnkitSaxena: Shehla Rashid’s, ‘Question to my Muslim friends’

Would you peacefully allow your sister/daughter to marry a...

The Qur’an Puts No Bar Against a Woman Imam from Leading Mixed Gender Prayer

(Co-author (Jointly with Ashfaque Ullah Syed, Essential Message of...

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Pope Francis passes away at 88

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Beed to Delhi: Lawyer beaten in Maharashtra, judge threatened in Delhi—what the path for justice means for women practioners in today’s India

From a brutal assault in rural Maharashtra to death threats in a Delhi courtroom, the message is chillingly clear: women who uphold the law are not safe

Delimitation: Strengthening democracy or rigging the game?

“The President’s order which was laid before parliament were simply torn into pieces by Parliament whose decisions seems to have been actuated more by the conveniences of individual members of the house rather than by the consideration of their general interest”[1]- remark of Charu Charan Biswas, second law minister of India over first delimitation in independent India.

Police Officer alleged ‘BJP’linked sources’ deposited ₹10 lakh into his account to facilitate EVM tampering, ECI sought report, DEO Beed refutes claims

After PSI Ranjit Kasle alleged, he was removed to enable EVM tampering and received ₹10 lakh from BJP-linked sources, the DEO, Beed, refuted all claims in a report to the CEO, Maharashtra, the ECI dismissed the charges as coming from a "disgruntled officer," but questions around the money trail and motive remain unanswered

Destruction of forest in Kancha Gachibowli, Telangana violation of Congress party manifesto: CCG Statement

The destruction of over 100 acres of forested land in Kancha Gachibowli, to allow an IT hub is a violation of the Congress party’s own manifesto say retired civil servants who have constituted themselves into the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG)