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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 Notice to Haryana DGP over Gurugram Gangrape

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How Muslim women clerics are increasingly challenging traditional narratives

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Muslim ‘instant divorce’ law divides India

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Indonesia: When Women have been Ulema since Early Islam, Were Have their Names Gone?

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Succumbing to Islamic Hardliners, Statue of Woman removed from Bangladesh SC

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“The ‘no triple talaq’ clause in nikahnama is no use. SC must declare it unconstitutional”

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A Republic Must Tolerate Art — But Not Denigration: Supreme Court reasserts fraternity as a constitutional boundary

While closing the challenge to a withdrawn film title, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that vilifying any community is constitutionally impermissible — even as it robustly defended artistic freedom under Article 19(1)(a), striking a careful balance between dignity and dissent in a 75-year-old Republic

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JNU: Former JNUSU President complains against Vice Chancellor’s casteist & racist remarks

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From Permanent Refuge to Perpetual Limbo: Why Sri Lankan Tamil refugees remain without citizenship even as electoral assurances reshape belonging in Bengal

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Making Waves: After inspiring swathes of peacemakers all over India, ‘Mohammed’ Deepak and his friend will launch a nationwide ‘Insaniyat Jodo Yatra’ to fight hatred

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