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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

19th-century Hindu reformers would cringe at the Happenings at Sabarimala Today

Congress and BJP have descended on Sabarimala temple in...

Liberalism and Sabarimala: Why Shashi Tharoor is Wrong

Shashi Tharoor, in an article published in The Print...

Women candidates break records in the 2018 US midterm elections

Sharice Davids, the first lesbian Native American Congresswoman. EPA-EFE  The 2018...

Delaying Marriage By A Year Can Empower Women Against Domestic Violence

Representational Image  Mumbai: Delaying marriage by even one year could significantly...

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BHU debars 11 protesting students from future courses

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#MeToo: Working Class Women Share Their Stories

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Better Roads, More Lights, Higher Economic Growth, Less Corrupt MLAs: Benefits Of Electing A Woman Revealed

Mumbai: Constituencies that elect women in India’s state legislative...

“Sabarimala is more an issue of gender equality than of religious freedom”

Writers and academics on the Sabarimala conflictIn a landmark...

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