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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

Wide Gender Gap In Mobile Phone Access Is Hurting India’s Women

Mumbai: A 33-percentage-point gender gap in mobile phone ownership...

The Sabarimala Verdict: Whose Morality, Whose Freedom?

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Tamil Nadu: 13-year-old girl beheaded for refusing sexual advances

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Sabarimala and the Brahminisation of an Adivasi deity: Caravan

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Smartphones For Women In Rural Chhattisgarh Could Transform Lives–If Men Do Not Interfere

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“Because you are a woman?”

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Senior women ministers display hypocrisy when it comes to #Metoo

We need to stop letting women becomes cogs and...

Education, Economic Independence Can Reduce Suicides In Indian Women

New Delhi: If Indian women are educated, economically independent...

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