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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

70-years-old Dalit woman beaten up, threatened with murder by dominant caste men

Name of the Victims: Maggidi Buchhamma, 70 years and...

Its men, not the Qu’ran, that denies equality to women

A non-Muslim woman goes to her Muslim neighbour and...

The politics of nudity as feminist protest – from Ukraine to Tunisia

Frontline activists, including women who use their topless bodies...

Women Migrate For Work At Double The Rate That Men Do

Women migrating for work and education between 2001 and...

Gang Rape Just Outside Jamshedpur

In another incident of targeted, gender violence, a 40-year-old...

NBA Activists Detained at 3 Locations: MP

Protesting Inadequate Rehabilitation, around 600 NBA activists and people...

Now, Irfan Pathan trolled for posting “un-Islamic” selfie with wife

India’s top pacer Mohammed Shami was trolled in December...

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Seeking justice for Ankita Bhandari, parents detained in pre-dawn crackdown at India Gate

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Mumbai Police detain Ambedkarite leaders demanding justice for Sahil Wakode; IIT Bombay refuses to hear delegation

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Jantar Mantar shut to protest, CJP leaders sent to jail, Delhi police invoke ‘breach of peace’

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Bihar custodial death: Six suspended after Dilshad Ansari’s death in custody; family demands high-level probe

Dilshad Ansari’s family disputes the police claim that he jumped from a moving vehicle, demanding a thorough probe into his fatal head injury