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Face must be visible, then hijab, burqa, dupatta or attire of choice permitted to TET candidates: MCSE

This clarification from the Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) came days after the council’s directive for the June 28 examination; the initial instructions stated that candidates will not be allowed to wear items such as dupattas, burqas, masks and caps inside examination centres which triggered a debate among teachers and various social groups

A people’s priest

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Agnel Baba, ‘Servant of God’

Like Saibaba of Shirdi, Moin–ud–din Chisti of Ajmer and...

Wedded to the catholic value

 Courtesy: ShutterstockThe misgivings caused by the Vatican Declaration Dominus Iesus...

Censored History

Ramabai, a forceful woman from the 19th century, is...

‘Power within the Church still lies with the upper castes’

Ruth Manorama, herself a part of the Dalit Christian...

On Fascism and Nazism

The textbooks of the Gujarat State Board, apart from...

Right in action

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War of words

The construction and re–construction of the historical past has...

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‘Islam teaches only atrocities’

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