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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.

Malayali Feminism 2018: In the Light of Vadayambady and Hadiya’s Struggle

As frightening spectres of untouchability and unseeability hover around...

Tired of Their Veils, Some Iranian Women Stage Rare Protests: NYT Report

Video grab above shows a young Iranian women removing...

Women Leading Mix Gender Prayers: Smashing Patriarchal Certainties

"The Quran is clear - there is no discrimination...

We’re African women and we’re feminists

Feminism is not ‘un-African.’ This is a multi-generational, multi-layered...

Progressive Attitudes to Women’s Sexual Rights In Marriage Decline in India

As the #MeToo movement against sexual violence gains global...

Educating Girls Can Reduce India’s Population Spiral

If a girl in India studies for 12 years...

Men who are afraid of women’s feminist self assertion

I The recent reference to how the distribution of food...

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From migrant workers and small vendors to university classrooms and electoral rolls, the architecture of suspicion –for the Indian Muslim--now stretches across everyday life

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Allahabad High Court orders 24/7 armed protection for Bareilly Muslim man allegedly prevented from offering namaz at home

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