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Hegemony: Kerala’s Bharatapuzha as a political stage
Unlike the North Indian Kumbh, the Bharatapuzha by contrast has never functioned as a Pan-Hindu pilgrimage centre. It has no historical association with mass ritual bathing, no priestly networks that regulate sacred time, and no inherited mythological mandate that binds the river to cyclical purification rites. The introduction of the Maha Magha Mahotsavam is a clear cultural imposition by Hindutva
Sabyasachi divorces bikini-clad mangalsutra advt after legal action threatened
Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s response to BJP politician’s warning of legal action, online hate, was to drop the advertisement of his version of the mangalsutra.
Controversy couture: Hey fashionistas, do you wear a mangalsutra with your bikini?
Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s puts mangalsutra on bikini clad models, responses are as expected
Gandhi’s contribution to Communal Harmony
First published on: 23 Aug 2019It is well known...
A song known by it’s lyrics, it’s singer, not the author
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The Supremacy Myth
The bogus arguments and "proofs" on the basis of which the better half of God’s finest creation is kept under subjugation and servility is both shameful and sinful
Quran and Liberation
The Quran teaches us a radically egalitarian view of the equal worth and dignity of women that remains unparalleled, even in modern thought
Veteran Urdu publisher and writer Shahid Ali Khan dies
Khan’s bookstore was a treasure trove of valuable Urdu literature that is greatly appreciated by lovers of Urdu language.
Har Shaks, Khuda Baksh: Campaign to protect iconic library gathers steam
Bihar Viplavi Parishad released a poster on social media, appealing to citizens to protest the Bihar State Bridge Construction Corporation's suggestion to destroy a part of India’s heritage
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