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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 Holds 2007 Salwa Judum Ops to Account, issues Notice to Chhattisgarh
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Bangladesh tops South Asia in gender equality
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Notes on a Feminist Crowdsourced List of Sexual Harassers
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Why #metoo is an impoverished form of feminist activism, unlikely to spark social change
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Samajwadi Party fields transgender Gulshan Bindu as mayor candidate in Ayodhya
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India’s first transgender Sarpanch vows to turn her village into an ideal village
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