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Bidar, Karnataka: Two school teachers assaulted in Karnataka’s Bidar, triggering communal tensions

Two accused, unnamed by the police attacked two Muslim teachers at Basavakalyan in Karnataka’s Bidar district leading to widespread protests by the community

‘As an Israeli I can do what a Palestinian will be shot for doing’

ISRAELOur group was set up five years ago, when...

Stop the ‘Talibanisation’ of India!

Unchecked by the state, the continued activities of  outfits...

Thrice oppressed

Dalit and Muslim women grapple with the triple burden...

‘Dalit women have been left behind by the Dalit movement and the women’s movement’

Both the Dalit movement and the women’s  movement have...

‘We too have made history’

 ‘Aamihi Itihas Ghadavla’ by Meenakshi Moon is an important...

Breeze from Bangladesh

While Muslim orthodoxy continues to stonewall any attempt at...

Indian Muslims and the bumble-bee

According to all known laws of aerodynamics (science of...

‘Victory of secular forces’

Kanpur, May 2, 2001   Warm greetings from Sakhi...

Hidden apartheid

 From August 31– September 4, when the World Conference...

Muslims in disguise

Contrary to popular perception, there are still thousands of ...

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