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Have Hindus always been Vegetarian?

The author academic exposes the propaganda in what he terms as the “Hindutva Hoax of Vegetarian Hinduism”

Urgent need to revive and sustain Banarasi weaving industry

Weavers, activists and scholars came together for the launch of CJP's report on the state of the industry in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic induced Lockdown, and advocated for more robust policies as well as a national campaign to empower the weavers and artisans

Branches of Films Division, two other cinema units will shut down soon

Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament John Brittas had recently written to Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting expressing concerns about the move

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 

Santosh Anand  "Ek Pyar ka Nagma Hai" is a famous...

Kashi ka Kabir

Reinterpreting a poet’s life and his times

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.

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