हक़ और आजादी
December 2, 2016
Feminist lesbians have been passionate activists from the beginning of the movement against men’s violence and remain an inspiration for women to live independently of men.
Lesbian feminists with a banner "I love, I trust, I value Myself: Stop Sexual Violence Against Women". Belgrade.
I came out as a lesbian in the feminist encounters at the end of the eighties in Yugoslavia...
December 2, 2016
An excerpt from a collection of short fiction set in the state.
..After his migration, Rahmaan’s first letter, besides enquiries about Muhammad Yousuf’s and his family’s well-being and many other things, asked him if he wanted anything from Delhi. Yousuf read it many times over and then, alone in his room, before stowing it in his leather vanity box, he smelled the thin...
December 1, 2016
The exercise of wisdom is the fundamental requirement of judges, even though this is a quality that may only be perceived, not measured.
"The disinterestedly wise ought to desire the holding together of all being" (Bhagwadgita, III 25)
"...When the national anthem is played it is imperative for everyone to show honour and respect. It would instil a sense of committed...
December 1, 2016
Censorship in democratic India continues to be on the rise. This dismaying trend was starkly evident in the first quarter of 2014.
Interview with T.K. Rajalakshmi
Although the constitution guarantees the freedoms of speech and expression, legal protections are not always sufficiently upheld by the courts or respected by government officials. A number of laws that remain on the books can be...
December 1, 2016
MEERUT: Hundreds of Facebook friends united to campaign against the blocking of the account of a social media activist for sharing an "objectionable" post.
Soon after Rajiv Tyagi, a Meerut-based ex-fighter pilot, received communication from Facebook that he had been blocked for a month for sharing an "anti-Hindu" post, a large number of his friends on the social media...
December 1, 2016
Tweeting about the conviction of a Karnataka journalist in a defamation suit, Amit Malviya said ominously, 'Hope other journos take note.'
Amit Malviya is a name that most readers, political junkies aside, are unlikely to be familiar with. But the banker-turned-political worker is one of the most influential figures in our public discourse. As the Bharatiya Janata Party...
December 1, 2016
हिन्दू महासभा ने टीना-आमिर की मोहब्बत पर खड़े किये सवाल
Video Courtesy: National Dastak
December 1, 2016
Israeli legislation ostensibly intended to tackle noise pollution from Muslim houses of worship has, paradoxically, served chiefly to provoke a cacophony of indignation across much of the Middle East.
Image Credit: Carlos Latuff/Mondoweiss
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his support this month for the so-called “muezzin bill”, claiming it was urgently needed to stop...
December 1, 2016
The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to give India a lesson in how exactly it should respect the national anthem. In an order that many experts have deemed a massive gesture of judicial overreach, the court yet again ventured into lawmaking by asking cinema halls to play the national anthem before start of each show along with displaying the national flag on the screen.
This decree to...
December 1, 2016
It is a matter of disgrace for a nation of about 10 million, whose people once took refuge in its neighbouring country in the face of extermination, to push back a community that is facing the same situation.
Rohingya Muslims seeking refuge in Bangladesh. Photo credit: Dhaka Tribune
Two Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel are seen standing erect facing the Naf River, with AK-47 rifles...