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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.

How A TV Serial Watched By 400 Million Changed Gender Beliefs In Rural India

   In Pratapgarh, a village that could be anywhere in...

Beyond #MeToo, Brazilian women rise up against racism and sexism

Women’s empowerment recently got a big boost at the...

5 Laws That Women Need As Urgently As Ban On Triple Talaq

In its urgency to push through the Triple Talaq...

The challenges of being a woman leader

I want to share a thought that has been...

Right Wing Student Insults Dalit Prof at HCU

2nd Anniv Rohith Vemula's Death, January 17, 2018: ABVP...

Why are women accused of witchcraft? Study in rural China gives clue

From medieval witch hunts in Europe to contemporary “witch...

Saudi Arabia: How women migrant workers defy ‘social control’ with everyday resistance

Women migrant workers face extreme forms of social control...

How the controversial triple talaq Bill passed by Lok Sabha can be salvaged

Supreme Court lawyer Indira Jaising, who had appeared for...

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