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Day July 9, 2017

MCD teaches a cow-concerned citizen e-cow-nomics

MCD: (To remove a dead cow) you need to get a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the local Gau Rakshak Dal leader, duly attested by the panchayat head or district magistrate as well as the local police chief Phone rings. MCD:… Continue Reading →

My Young Neighbour is OK With Junaid’s Killing. What Do I Tell Him?

In the Name of Junaid? Sandhya Gokhale “Fear of intrusion by the Other is what drives our individual and collective life, politics, our reactions to the acts of terror…”   Image Courtesy: Sandhya Gokhale   “Why are you mourning Junaid’s… Continue Reading →

Ballabhgarh lynching: Man who allegedly stabbed Junaid held in Maharashtra

NEW DELHI: The Haryana police on Saturday afternoon arrested the man, who allegedly stabbed 17-year-old Junaid Khan on a local train near Ballabhgarh a few days before Eid, in Maharashtra’s Dhule district. The accused, Naresh (28), a daily wager, used to travel to Delhi… Continue Reading →

एक सदी पहले मशाल की तरह जलने वाली रुक़ैया

नासिरूद्दीनवरिष्ठ  इमेज कॉपीरइटNASIRUDDIN … हम सुनते हैं कि धरती से ग़ुलामी का निज़ाम ख़त्म हो गया है लेकिन क्या हमारी ग़ुलामी ख़त्म हो गई है? नहीं न. तो हम दासी क्यों हैं? … हम समाज का आधा हिस्‍सा हैं, हमारे गिरे-पड़े… Continue Reading →

Jamshedpur women wash feet of Jharkhand CM on Guru Mahotsav #WTFnews

Women, in the event held on ‘Guru Mahotsav’ at Jamshedpur’s Brahma Lok Dham, washed the CM’s feet with water and rose petals, as he stood on a giant plate. Das was the chief guest at the event. By: Express Web Desk |… Continue Reading →

He Was Harassed for Wearing a Turban. Then He Built a Global Fashion Brand to Show the World What Sikh Pride Means

= by Nicole Einbinder Harinder Singh’s cheeky clothing is making waves in India — and far beyond — by putting a hip new spin on his ancient and often misunderstood culture. Harinder Singh will never forget his trip to Italy in 2002…. Continue Reading →

Are We Getting Closer to Using Intellectual Property Safeguards to Improve Public Health?

Ellen ‘t Hoen Private Patents and Public Health: Changing Intellectual Property Rules for Access to Medicines, AMB, Diemen, The Netherlands, 20I6, 181 pp., €45.00, paper, ISBN: 97890 79700 851 Phyllis Freeman Freeman, P. J Public Health Pol (2017) 38: 290. doi:10.1057/s41271-016-0063-7 This book is a gift for all who may have… Continue Reading →

Why is the government threatened by women’s studies centres in Indian universities?

 We need women’s studies to not just survive but to thrive in our universities, because, despite its problems, it reminds us that gender is not something we are but something we do BY SHILPA PHADKE | MUMBAI | Women’s Studies… Continue Reading →

RTI activist’s murder: Gujarat HC orders retrial, warns hostile witnesses

Jethva was murdered on July 20, 2010 outside the Gujarat High Court. Initially, the case was investigated by the Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch which chargesheeted six persons. by Satish Jha | Ahmedabad | Gujarat High Court ordered fresh trial in the… Continue Reading →

In riot-hit Basirhat, Muslims pool money to help Hindu neighbours

Muslims in this patch of North 24-Parganas on the Bangladesh border, where tensions erupted at the beginning of the week after a teen’s objectionable post on social media, are pooling money to help Hindu neighbours rebuild their gutted shops and… Continue Reading →

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