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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

Assault on Tharu women prompts FIR but forest officials flex muscles in UP

An unprecedented FIR has been lodged at the Gauriphanta...

Former Jharkhand DGP and BJP leader accused of mental harassment for dowry by daughter-in-law

The conviction rate for dowry harassment in India is abysmal at 24.1 percent

21 years to be minimum legal age of marriage in India for women too?

A task force, chaired by veteran politician and activist Jaya Jaitly, has begun deliberations. Will submit report by July 31.

K’taka HC’s bail order questioning morality of rape survivor prompts open letter from civil society

Concerned citizens and civil society organisations write that the order brings back memories of Mathura and Bhanwari Devi's cases

MTP Act: Women’s rights campaigners advocate for a rights based abortion law

A coalition of civil rights and feminist organizations has prepared a comprehensive list of recommendations for the consideration of legislators so that the pregnancy termination law recognizes women’s rights

Falling asleep after ‘being ravished’, very unbecoming of an Indian woman: K’taka HC

This was a part of the rationale given while granting pre arrest bail to a rape accused

FIR filed against unknown persons for circulating ‘false news’ in Kanpur shelter home case

The UP government has now asked authorities to test for Covid-19 across all shelter and observation homes across the state

Journalists, activists, express solidarity with Scroll’s Supriya Sharma

The journalist was recently booked for reporting uncomfortable truths from Uttar Pradesh, especially a village adopted by the PM

55 million domestic workers could lose jobs due to Covid-19: ILO

37 million of them are women, and those employed in the informal sector are at greater risk

7,020 individuals and 63 organisations demand justice for Araria rape survivor

​​​​​​​Sign petition to Patna HC Chief Justice asking for release of the survivor and two women’s rights activists who were jailed by a lower court judge for ‘contempt of court’

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