महिलाये
November 9, 2016
Sri Lanka has been lauded for equal access to education for girls and boys, but textbooks and traditions continue to play a role in perpetuating inequitable gender norms and stereotypes.
Sri Lanka has in some circles been considered a model of post-colonial gender equality compared to its South Asian counterparts due to high literacy rates for men and women, 97.7 and 98.6 respectively,...
November 8, 2016
The ugly patriarchal politics of ‘Triple Talaq’ or unilateral ‘instant divorce’ through which Indian Muslim men (specifically Sunnis who follow the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence), can divorce their wives by pronouncing the word ‘talaq’ thrice in a single sentence, has appeared once again in mainstream politics. In this board game played over Muslim...
November 8, 2016
12 things we can't ignore as America votes.
Image credit: Vox.com
For John Berger at 90, whose uncompromising tenderness and compassion shows us how to look hard yet be full of care.
1. There should be a plural term for violences. This would let us talk about how to choose between violences. Today, this would mean judging between different ‘brands’ of violence in the...
November 7, 2016
The way Fatima Nafees, the mother of Najeeb Ahmed (#najeebahmed), the missing JNU student was treated last evening by the Delhi police was just appalling.
She was at a rally peacefully protesting with several others about the mysterious disappearance of her son. They were demanding that the police and the central government need to do much more to trace Najeeb.
The rally was disbanded by...
November 7, 2016
“My daughter and I appeared before the Sharia court at Regent's Park mosque in London. They were not interested in anything we had to say, the whole process was shocking.”
Protest in London against the Law Society's guidance on Sharia Wills April 2014. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/See Li
The UK government is conducting an inquiry into the operation of Sharia courts which is...
November 6, 2016
उत्तर प्रदेश। यह आत्महत्या का महिमामंडन नहीं है। लेकिन आत्महत्या दुख और भावनात्मक लाचारी के चरम से पार कर जाने के बाद का कदम है। इसे जो लोग मानसिक रूप से बीमार व्यक्ति का लक्षण मानते हैं, वे शायद सही ही कहते होंगे...क्योंकि वे ऐसा मानते होंगे...!
उत्तर प्रदेश के एक गांव में रहनेवाली 40 साल की औरत तब आत्महत्या करने पर मजबूर हो गई जब उसके बलात्कार का वीडियो सोशल नेटवर्किंग वेबसाइट वॉट्सऐप पर...
November 5, 2016
नई दिल्ली। यूपी के बनारस में एक नई और अद्भुत सोच सामने आयी। ये सोच रूढ़िवादियों को चुभ सकती है। ये वाकया उन कुंठित सोचवालों के मुह पर जोरदार तमाचा है जो ये मानते हैं कि मरने के बाद माता-पिता को मोक्ष बेटों के हाथ से ही मिलती है।
बनारस शहर के भदैनी मोहल्ले में रहने वाले 70 साल के योगेश चंद्र उपाध्याय का गुरुवार के दिन देहांत हो गया। दरअसल योगेश चंद्र उपाध्याय राजस्थान के धौलपुर में...
November 4, 2016
एक दानिश्वर की मशहूर लाइन है- जो इतिहास भूल जाते हैं, वे इसे दोहराने की गलती करते हैं. इतिहास में तीस साल, लंबा वक्त नहीं होता है. फिर भी लगता है कि हम बहुत जल्दी भूलने के आदी हो गये हैं. नतीजतन, बुरे वक्त को दोहराने की गलती करते रहते हैं. फिर वैसा ही माहौल बनाने की कोशिश हो रही है, जैसा तीस साल पहले बनाया गया था. वैसा ही उन्माद पैदा करने की कोशिश हो रही है. समाज को वैसे ही बांटने की कोशिश हो रही...
November 1, 2016
November 3, 2016
2-6 pm
Speaker's Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001
speakers
ALI JAVED- PWA
ANNIE RAJA-NFIW
ARIF MOHD KHAN- POLITICIAN, SOCIAL ACTIVIST
FARIDA KHAN-PEHCHAN
GAUHAR RAZA-SCIENTIST, FILMMAKER, POET
JAVED NAQVI- JOURNALIST
KAVITA KRISHNAN- CPI( ML), AIPWA
MAIMOONA MOLLAH-AIDWA
OVAIS SULTAN KHAN-ANHAD
RAZA HAIDER-SIKSHA
S IRFAN HABIB-...
November 1, 2016
Just when you thought sexism was a thing of the past, revelations about Donald Trump bragging about groping women hit the news. Yet only 13%of female Republicans think he should stop campaigning for the presidency. While women generally favour his Democratic rival Hilary Clinton, 49% of them rate her unfavourably. Despite her life-long commitment to public service, she is...