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20 Years Without a Union, 18 Days of Hunger Strike: Jamia Students Script a Win | Teesta Setalvad

To ensure campus democracy and an elected union, Jamia Millia Islamia's students fought back through an 18-day hunger strike.Teesta Setalvad speaks with Ebin Basil and Mohammad Athnan about the...

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Throttling society

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The Muslim maa, bahen, biwi in Hindi cinema

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