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UP: Toilet Connections of the ‘No-Toilet’ Women in Fatehpur
Wee hours in remote villages in UP is unique with flurry of activities. Women across caste line flock together from their homes to attend to nature’s call before the first… More »
How is Ghar Vapasi Different from Forcible Conversions?
By Ram Puniyani Propaganda around conversions has been one of the major political tools during last few decades. It was Niyogi Commission report which investigated the conversions in Adivasi… More »
Muslim Women Fight JSY Graft in Kishanganj
At 16, Masooma Begum had her first child. That was in early 2012. Even today, the horror of her labour and delivery is clearly etched in her mind. A resident… More »
Rajasthan Government Halves Aid for Inter Caste Marriages
A recent notification by the Vasundhara Raje government has halved the financial aid given for inter caste marriages that require one of the partners to be from the scheduled castes.… More »
Are Sectarian Parties like MIM there to empower Muslims?
By Irfan Engineer Quite a few Muslim dominated and Muslim led political parties have emerged in India in about last decade or so. In 2005, AIUDF led by Maulana… More »
AMU VC’s Gender Biased Mindset
This is about the saffron robed Yogi Adiyanath, the five time MP from Gorakhpur who spits venom at minority communities at the drop of a hat. The Yogi known as… More »
AMU Women Students Denied Access to Campus Library
Women students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have been denied permission to use its Maulana Azad Library. The Vice-Chancellor, Lt. Gen Zameer Uddin Shah has defended this discriminatory decision by… More »
Minimum Government Maximum Governance
The recent ministerial reshuffle (Nov 9) by Prime Minister NarendraModi has again reinforced existing stereotypes which demand appointment of a Muslim as a Minority Affairs Minister or of a Dalit… More »
Modi Sarkar: Politics Through Culture
Ram Puniyani The change in the ruling dispensation (May 2014) has more than one aspect which is likely to affect the very social-cultural-political map of India. Narendra Modi won… More »
Bombay High Court: No person in India can be compelled to declare his religion
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has ruled that no person In India can be compelled to declare his religion. Hearing a PIL seeking direction to the Maharashtra government to… More »
