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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

Fact-finding team finds glaring holes in police investigation of Jharkhand rape

In the name of pursuing unidentified suspects, the police...

Rape is not a sport

Using the word ‘rape’ in the context of competitive...

Women’s Safety in India and National Pride: Reuters Foundation Report

With the release of the report titled ‘The most...

India’s Richest Young Women Fear Public Transport Most; Poorest Fear Cinema Halls

Mumbai: India’s richest girls and young women, aged 11...

Why 277,160 Women Leaders Remain Invisible To Tamil Nadu’s Political Parties

Chennai: Salma (50), the deputy secretary of the women’s...

To end violence against women we must tackle patriarchy – and poverty

Violence against women is perpetrated in order to sustain...

How India Became The World’s Most Dangerous Country For Women

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Kathua victims legal counsel honoured in Canada

Deepika Singh Rajawat is the legal counsel of Asifa...

Five women gang-raped in Jharkhand, Pathalgadi supporters accused

It is said that the rapists, who allegedly belonged...

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