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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

NHRC Notice to Haryana DGP over Gurugram Gangrape

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Women and Forests: Gender Concerns and the Forest Rights Act

Today, the rights of vulnerable groups in the country...

How Muslim women clerics are increasingly challenging traditional narratives

Indonesia recently hosted an unusual conference of Muslim women...

Muslim ‘instant divorce’ law divides India

In India, if you are a Muslim man, you...

Indonesia: When Women have been Ulema since Early Islam, Were Have their Names Gone?

In another first, coming from Indonesia, Women “ulema” –...

Is the Latest Affidavit by the AIMPLB a Pathetic Attempt to Cover Up Its Defeat in the SC?

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Maternal Education Programmes Could Improve Mothers’ Test Scores, Child Learning: Study

Literacy programmes for mothers can not only improve their...

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