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Sharia, Manusmriti or the Indian Constitution
Two extremes, the dominant Hindu right and a creeping conservatism among Muslims seek to undermine the constitutional mandate
Religious Desecration: Who’s responsible for destruction of early Indian, Buddhist places of learning in Odisha?
Modern day Odisha is known to be the 'epicenter'...
Sikh Kirtan by women- the history, the way forward
The Punjab Govt. has recently allowed women to offer Kirtan inside the Golden temple. Despite no religious precedent which decreed excluding them in the first place, where do women stand in Sikhism? How do cultural norms, gender inequality, caste privilege, and religion intersect?
Indian Army recruits ‘religious teachers’ to help soldiers battle stress
The Institute of National Integration has trained over 7,000 religious teachers since 1985
No radicalism: BHU VC backs Feroz Khan’s appointment as Sanskrit professor
Students and members of ABVP have protested against his appointment in the Sanskrit department
Sabarimala: Male devotee nurturing unholy thoughts is ‘unfit’ to visit Lord Ayyappa shrine
The Supreme Court last week, by 3:2 majority, decided...
There may have been Buddhist stupa at Babri site during Gupta period: Archeologist
ASI excavations: Pix by Prof Supriya VarmaA top-notch archeologist,...
Modi-Shah strike at critique, GOI to revoke Aatish Taseer’s Overseas Citizen of India card
MHA claims Aatish Taseer attempted to “conceal information” that his father was of Pakistani origin
Hell on Earth
Since the overthrow of the ‘communist devils’ in Afghanistan in April 1992, first the Mujahedeens and then the Talebans have put ‘Islam’ in practice in Afghanistan. For hundreds of thousands of ordinary Afghanis, women in particular, this has meant an unending nightmare of terror and trauma wrote Teesta Setalvad in 1998
Taleban: More ‘Islam’, more misery
Its website tells you how the Taleban are Allah’s own gift to Afghanistan. Independent reports of realities on the ground tell a very different story
Rebel and her cause
If women have been the worst hit by the Islam sought to be imposed on Afghanis, the most determined resistance to the fanatics has also come from an organisation of women — RAWA
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