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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

How A Make-Work Programme Changed The Lives Of Women In Kerala

Thrissur: “I’m extremely sorry for being late. We had...

The monsters we all are: View from Bangladesh

Where does our society’s disconnect with women lie?There is...

Civil Society bats for Muslims detained for protesting Kathua rape

The Kathua rape and murder of a little nomad...

Interfaith: What These Two Women Can Teach Us

Three of us friends—M, N, and I—come from different...

Women and Post-Conflict Political Order

It's not easy to build a stable political system...

Kathua Case: Fearful Bakarwals Oppose CBI Enquiry

Newsclick caught up with the community as it moved...

Girls at Dhabas: challenging issues of safety, or ‘respectability’ in urban Pakistan?

“You need to understand,” I told the reporter. “These...

Muslims Have Highest Fertility Rate, Lack Access To Healthcare

 Mumbai: Hindus have India’s highest infant mortality rate with 41.6...

Kathua Case: A Communal Crime, Now a Communal Trial?

The Supreme Court, in its silence, is allowing for...

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