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112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Pakistan: We sinful women

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Pakistan: Report what?

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‘We have grown up together; how can we desert them now?’

Ishwarbhai R. Desai, Advocate, AhmedabadIshwarbhai R. Desai, an advocate...

Rotten roots

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Subversive Sangh

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Rights of ‘majorities’?

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‘Men for Others’

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‘Bosco made an enormous contribution to me as a person’

Courtesy: deccanchronicle.com   Mahesh Bhatt Film DirectorI do not think that I can...

‘We believe that every one is a child of God’

​Mukta Jeevan Hospital, ShahpurNinety kilometres from Mumbai, in Shahpur...

Why Sonali Bendre gifted Rs. 25 lakhs to St. Catherine’s Home?

St. Catherine’s Home, MumbaiIn October 2000, film actress Sonali...

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