महिलाये
February 10, 2016
It is paradoxical in the extreme; it’s also a fact of life. Muftis, qazis, maulanas and molvis in India keep proclaiming that Islam has given justice and rights to women that no other religion has. The fact however is that thanks to the clerics, in the name of the Muslim Personal Law in India, when it comes to gender relations, the plight of Muslim women in secular democratic India is far...
February 2, 2016
INVITATION:
Performance and Talk by Shital Sathe and Troupe Venue: Press Club, New Delhi
Date: Sunday, 7 Feb. 2016
Time: 3 to 5 pm
Shital Sathe, the dynamic poet-singer from Kabir Kala Manch (KKM) and some of her new co-performers will sing and speak at the Press Club at 3 pm on Sunday.
It may be recalled that the KKM, a working class and mostly Dalit cultural troupe...
January 27, 2016
First Published on: January 21, 2016
Ban on menstruating women entering the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple is a violation of core Indian Spiritual values and the Constitution of India.
Perverted practioners of status-quoist traditionalism have been opposing the entry of menstruating women for worship in the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala. This ban effectively seeks to...
January 12, 2016
Founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakthi Sanghatan (MKSS), Rajasthan, a Magsaysay awardee and a Campaigner for the Right to Information Act and India’s Rural Works Programme, Aruna Roy speaks to Communalism Combat’s Teesta Setalvad in this exclusive interview
Aruna Roy (HINDI) on People's Movements, Attack on Labour and Land Acquisition Laws - Part 1
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December 2, 2015
Dear all,
You must have read about the HAPPY TO BLEED campaign launched by young activists across the country in response to the comments of the Temple Priest of Sabaramalai temple that menstruation is impure. Well, there is nothing more pure than menstruation, it is because of the menstrual cycles that human race is continuing.
To protest against such backward mentalities, and speak...
November 21, 2015
Recovering Lost Histories Riot victims, communal polarization of Mumbai, its impact on people and perceptions about communities
June 2, 2015
National biography
A comprehensive biography of the one of the tallest leaders of modern India, translated into English by Asha Damle.
Translated by Asha Damle
Publisher National Book Trust, India, 2002
April 10, 2015
Constructing Reality From Everyday Talk
Listening to Culture explores the rich world of everyday talk―in families, with children, between friends, at the work place―and shows the significance of this social activity in the understanding of culture.
Hardcover: 235 pages
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd; 1 edition (May 24, 2004)
ISBN-10: 0761932003
ISBN-13: 978-0761932000
Price- $86....