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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.

Behind the veil

Muslim-owned publications and burqa manufacturers have successfully pushed Muslim...

Violence Against Women, Gujarat 2002

  Adistinct, tragic and ghastly feature of the state sponsored...

Male order

Liberal Muslims, men and women, must condemn the male...

To Abba, with love…

On May 10, Kaifi Azmi, poet, activist, lyricist, communist,...

Gang-rape in Pakistan

Why the Meerwala Jatoi panchayat thought they would get...

A thorn in the sanghi flesh

Because she didn’t think that former RSS chief  Bhausaheb...

Thrice oppressed

Dalit and Muslim women grapple with the triple burden...

‘Dalit women have been left behind by the Dalit movement and the women’s movement’

Both the Dalit movement and the women’s  movement have...

‘We too have made history’

 ‘Aamihi Itihas Ghadavla’ by Meenakshi Moon is an important...

Windows of opportunity

At the meeting of the All-India Muslim Personal Board...

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