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Day January 13, 2015

#India – Incest narratives that haunt us #Vaw

This case challenges our notions about sexual morality prevailing in middle class homes. It also poignantly highlights the price a young girl has to pay if she dares to bring a case of incest into the public domain. Background Asmita is a… Continue Reading →

Sunanda Pushkar Murder Case – Nalini knew of Shashi Tharoor ‘affair’

Raj Shekhar,TNN | Jan 13, 2015, 0 NEW DELHI: Nalini Singh’s statement to police, which says Sunanda Pushkar told her hours before her death that Shashi Tharoor spent three days in Dubai with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar, may pose a problem for… Continue Reading →

Will gunmen get me too? Ending terror requires that Islam is reformed, modernised

January 13, 2015, 12:06 AM IST Taslima Nasreen A few years ago, I was invited to visit the Charlie Hebdo office. I was bowled over by the work of their brilliant and talented cartoonists. Their struggle for freedom of expression at the risk… Continue Reading →

Taslima Nasreen Tweet Case – Bareilly cops give her clean chit #socialmedia

Priyangi Agarwal, TNN | Jan 10, 2015,  Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Friday got a clean chit from the police in a 2013 case on allegations that she had hurt religious sentiments with a tweet. BAREILLY: Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Friday got a clean chit… Continue Reading →

Indian Censor Board Refuses To Certify MSG: MESSENGER OF GOD. Calls It An Advert For A Cult

It looks like Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan’s big screen debut will have to wait. The flashy guru’s feature length (and then some at 3+ hours) film, MSG: Messenger of God has been refused certification by the CBFC, India’s censor… Continue Reading →

Bihar – Bajrang Dal vandalises Christian building #WTFnews

  AMARNATH TEWARY Alleging conversion of poor Hindu people into Christianity, activists of Bajrang Dal on Sunday reportedly attacked and vandalised a Christian prayer building in Jehanabad district of Bihar. The incident created panic among the small Christian community of… Continue Reading →

Goa to make LGBTs ‘normal’ with medicines #WTFnews

IANS File photo of queer parade seeking to put an end to discrimination against LGBT community. state politics “Like Alcoholics Anonymous centres, we will have centres…,” Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ramesh Tawadkar said. The Goa government is contemplating to… Continue Reading →

Why did the world ignore Boko Haram’s Baga attacks?

As media coverage focused on the Paris terror attacks last week, more than 2000 Nigerians were reported to have been killed by Islamist militants. What makes one massacre more newsworthy than another?  A man holds a placard that reads ‘I… Continue Reading →

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