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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.

NHRC, Delhi High Court spring into action, pull up governments on women’s safety measures, utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund

The executive has failed by not implementing policies and governments have failed to keep the executive in check as there is no monitoring of implementation being carried out. In this atmosphere, there is always room left for perpetrators of crime to dare to commit such heinous crimes as the preventive machinery in the State crumbles.

Revisiting the Justice Verma Committee report of 2013: #JusticeForRapeVictims

Had the recommendations of the report been seriously considered and implemented, the Delhi crime may have been prevented in Hyderabad.

Five Actions You Can Take To End Gender Based Violence

A few days ago, a veterinary doctor was gang-raped,...

Reject culture of misogyny, democratise socio-cultural spaces: #Justice4RapeVictims

The horrendous rape and murder of Hyderabad's vet doctor...

Stop using rape cases for communal polarization

Four persons, Mohammed Pasha, Shiva, Naveen, Chennakesavulu who work...

Sikh Kirtan by women- the history, the way forward

The Punjab Govt. has recently allowed women to offer Kirtan inside the Golden temple. Despite no religious precedent which decreed excluding them in the first place, where do women stand in Sikhism? How do cultural norms, gender inequality, caste privilege, and religion intersect?

Maternal mortality down to 122 per 1 lakh, still highest in the world

In response to an unstarred question asked in the Lok Sabha as to incidence of maternal death occurring in the country, Minister of State of Health and Family Welfare Mr. Ashwini Kumar Choubey said that the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), i.e., death of mothers at the time of giving birth, has come down to 122 deaths per 1,00,000 live births.

WCD Ministry offers up cookie-cutter answers to queries on domestic violence

When asked about cases of domestic violence over the last three years, Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) Smriti Irani responded in Parliament with old figures.

Sabrimala activist Bindu Ammini attacked in Kerala

A man from a radical Hindutva outfit attacked her with chilli powder and pepper spray outside the Kerala Commisserate

Women Speak From Margins of Ayodhya Dispute

Not the loss of a mosque, but the disregard for Muslims causes anguish.

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