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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

Asma Jahangir: Leaving her track on many stars and planets

  Photo credit: The News, PakistanMy first meeting with Asma...

Report: 21 women raped on public transportation in 13 months in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers' welfare platform, published...

You value a rape at Rs 6,500? ‘Shocked’ SC slams MP govt.

The apex court on Thursday said it was “shocking”...

An Unusual Funeral in Pakistan

Asma Jahangir, the doyen of human rights and women’s...

Asma Jahangir: In death, as in life

Photo credit: Geo TVAs I walked into the stadium...

What it means to be a Muslim male feminist

Feminism is quite a loaded term in Muslim societies....

How PESA, an Act of Parliament is Being Subverted in Jharkand

The Jharkand government is all set to completely sideline...

Women Delegates Write to Law Ministry on the Bill of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2017

  Press ReleaseA delegation comprising of P.K Sreemathi (M.P Loksabha),  Sudha Sundararaman    (Vice-President)...

‘We Will Not Let Girls be Born or Let Them Study’ Say Khaps

The Khap Panchayats believe it is their duty to...

Women speak out on sexual harassment during Hajj

'I was afraid to share this because it might...

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