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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...

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Karni Sena’s Attack on Padmavati

Questions of historical inaccuracy and nationalism.Image Courtesy: Deccan...

A Day Does Not Begin in Eastern Maharashtra without Kharra 

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We need a new, radical vision of feminist sisterhood

The racism of white feminists, whether overt or covert,...

What the Harvey Weinstein case tells us about sexual assault disclosure

The power disparity between Harvey Weinstein and his alleged...

Gauri in Gandhi’s Light

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The Cultural Left in Bengal Loses One of its Most Treasured Thespians

While several obituaries have flown in after Tom Alter...

A Journey: How Gandhi Had Opposed the Biometric Project (Transvaal)

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PAHAL – a Group that Calls for Cultural Protests for a Democratic Gorkhaland

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Flooded by patriotism

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