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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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Gender Equality and the Concept of the Dargah In Islam

Women at Ajmer Sharif DargahIn the Quran it is...

Nagaland: Where Women are Blamed for Sexual Violence

Audience in Chui Village during a public meeting, Nagaland....

Is black really “The Islamic Colour for Women”?

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Education Not Diminishing India’s Preference For Boys

  Young graduate mothers gave birth to 899 girls per...

AMU’s misleading statistics hide discrimination against aspiring women undergraduates

Image: Indian ExpressWhat does one say when a prestigious...

When Love is Brutal: Personal Narrative of a Survivor of Domestic Abuse

llustration by Abro / Dawn.comMy reason for writing this...

Justice for Jisha: Why it’s important to Speak Up and be Counted

“Silence is a Crime when Justice is denied”The headlines...

Mother’s Day 2016: What the State Owes Mothers, Parents And Women

  Image Credit: Panos    Today is Mother’s Day. As I sit...

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