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Mian Maqdoom Shah shrine, Mumbai’s Mahim Durgah & the December Urs
I saw quite a few processions going towards the Mahim dargah in Mumbai for the annual Urs celebration of the Muslim saint last evening. A lot of colour, not...
Climate Change Will Worsen Disparities, Increase Conflict, Support For Naxals: New Report
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Bengaluru: As the effects of climate change on livelihoods become...
Play about Queers Cancelled, As VHP and Right Wing Organisations Protest
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Image Courtesy: Jagriti TheatreThe staging of the play titled Shiva, which explores...
Keep Calm and Carry On: Dealing with Patriarchal Carpet Bombing in Kerala
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For all women in India, what is happening in...
Sui Dhaaga: Weaving Deception
"By focusing on product rather than the process, the...
Gandhi accepted his faults, so should we
Be aware of demagogues and don’t let national icons...
A marriage of, for and with self-respect: Remembering Periyar 140 years after his birth anniversary
The news of the caste killing of Pranay in...
When a 27 year Old Dalit Documented Gandhi’s Dandi March Through Line Drawings and Art
It was not just the Dandi March that he...
When Majrooh Sultanpuri went to jail for writing poetry against Nehru
On his 99th birth anniversary, read how noted Hindi...
SC ends gender discrimination at Sabrimala: Women of all ages can enter temple
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Opinion: Ganesh Chaturthi Replacing Ganesh Pujo in Bengal: A Cultural Threat or Political Move?
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Minorities
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Communalism
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Education
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