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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

The sceptical Dalit, Left Feminist : my dear friend, Rajni Tilak

  The Rajni TIlak I knew was one who represented...

#MeToo in Japan: ‘I was told not to bring shame on the country, with my story’

Journalist Shiori Ito spoke about her own experience of...

Muslimness Shunned as India’s Donor Agencies bow to Majoritatianism

The increasing tendency to dilute identities while seeking to...

Fewer Than ⅓ of Judges in Lower Judiciary Are Women

Indore: Fewer than one-third of judges in the lower...

When Indian women negotiate with local authorities to improve their lives in a slum

Women presenting their demands to the elected ward of...

Meagre Funds, No Salary: How Tamil Nadu’s Women Leaders Still Succeed

Nachangulam Panchayat, Sivagangai district (Tamil Nadu): What is it...

Jamia administration bows down to women hostellers; accepts all their demands

Delhi: The administration of Jamia Millia Islamia accepted all...

On world poetry day, read Sant Soyrabai, one of India’s earliest feminist poets

Kiti he Marti, Kiti he Radti, How much death, How...

Fewer Girls Born In Northern, Western And Richer Indian States

  New Delhi: Fewer girls are being born in north...

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