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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...

Training to Hate: The Ekal Vidyalaya Way

Archived from Communalism Combat,  April 2009 Year 15    No.139,...

The growing ‘democratic deficit’

Sixty years of indifference and the throttling of the...

Redefining public space

Ushering in the age of portable new publicsRecently, I...

Two images

Minorities and BollywoodTwo images.One:I am watching Black Friday (2007,...

The gifts of the magi

The birth of the Progressive Artists’ GroupUnlike the bombs...

Hamara Shaher

Mumbai is sinking into a sea of narrow-mindedness, insecurity...

Thoughts in a temple

The growth of Hindutva; the demise of HinduismTwo weeks...

No Entry for the New Sun

Dalit poetry in IndiaNo Entry for the New Sun By...

Pakistan: Ideological illusions

Sixty years of PakistanPakistan with its newly emerging society...

Pakistan: Requiem for a tradition

Classical music is languishing in PakistanClassical music is standing...

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