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‘We Cannot Be Afraid’: Rhiya Ahir in Conversation with Teesta Setalvad

What does it mean to stand beside young people when they choose to confront power?In this conversation, activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad speaks with Rhiya Ahir, whose act of...

Report: 21 women raped on public transportation in 13 months in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers' welfare platform, published...

You value a rape at Rs 6,500? ‘Shocked’ SC slams MP govt.

The apex court on Thursday said it was “shocking”...

An Unusual Funeral in Pakistan

Asma Jahangir, the doyen of human rights and women’s...

Acute shortage of Doctors and Teacher in UP: MLA Sanjay Garg

Saharanpur: The condition of public health systems is dilapidated...

2017 Worst Year For Terror-Related Civilian Deaths in J&K In 5 Years

Mumbai: The year 2017 saw 358 terrorist-related deaths in...

Asma Jahangir: In death, as in life

Photo credit: Geo TVAs I walked into the stadium...

What it means to be a Muslim male feminist

Feminism is quite a loaded term in Muslim societies....

Nine years and counting: Zakkariya, injustice and jails of the ‘Agrahara’

It’s been a decade of fights and tears for...

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