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Jauhar & the Politics of Distraction: How the Right and so-called liberals often complement each other
The selectiveness of medieval Muslim or medieval Rajput history in contestation is not just deliberate effort to alienate these two communities but is also a Brahmanical viewpoint that refuses to subject Peshwa or Maratha history to a similar brand of selectivity
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Forward list of female inmates with children to HPC for consideration of release: Gauhati HC to State
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Woman embraces Islam and marries a Muslim, Jammu & Kashmir HC grants protection
She alleged that there was a persistent threat to their life for she converted to Islam and married a Muslim man
Woman embraces Islam and marries a Muslim, Jammu & Kashmir HC grants protection
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Court holds that protective provisions cannot stand in the way of a woman being considered for employment for which she is otherwise eligible
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Jauhar & the Politics of Distraction: How the Right and so-called liberals often complement each other
The selectiveness of medieval Muslim or medieval Rajput history in contestation is not just deliberate effort to alienate these two communities but is also a Brahmanical viewpoint that refuses to subject Peshwa or Maratha history to a similar brand of selectivity