Month August 2016
As burkini controversy unfolds, a look at Kerala’s caste history, its focus on women’s bodies Supriya Unni Nair| Even as media across the globe hotly debates on how much women should cover up – or should not – our own history has… Continue Reading →
A former Jogini Ajamma (centre), an active member of Jogini Vyatireka Mahila Sangham along with others at a media conference in Hyderabad on Wednesday| A Suresh Kumar HYDERABAD: Notwithstanding the Andhra Pradesh Devadasis (Prohibition and Dedication) Act 1988,… Continue Reading →
Bezwada Wilson, national convenor, Safai Karamachari Andolan, and Magsaysay award winner explains how manual scavenging is a problem arising out of caste, class and patriarchy. – Pankaj Srivastava Photo: Arun Kumar As the government plans to build 12 crore… Continue Reading →
Anupam Chakravartty Once rescued from Korean company POSCO, Odisha‘s ecologically rich Khandadhar hills have now been handed over to the state’s mining body. Tribal communities in the region gear up for another round of fight to save their rivers… Continue Reading →
SUVOJIT BAGCHI The martyrs’ memorial in Nandigram. Raped and assaulted, justice eludes the victims, while the perpetrators have returned with political patronage When the farmers of Nandigram came out to protest against the 2007 State government order acquiring 10,000 acres… Continue Reading →
SHALINI KASHYAP While the world witnesses the revolution launched by the Dalits in Gujarat, it forgets that there have been several unknown voices fighting against repression while sustaining the fight against it. One such voice has reverberated the hinterland of… Continue Reading →
RICHA KHARE to the point:Dr. M.V. Ramana at the lecture on ‘Nuclear Weapons in South Asia: programmes, plans and dangers’ in Mumbai on Saturday. —photo: vivek bendre The build-up of nuclear arsenals by India and Pakistan is dangerous due to… Continue Reading →
Roli Srivastava Dr. S Natarajan says over 500 cases of eye injuries were brought to the hospital since July 9. His youngest patient was all of five. Mumbai doc works relentlessly in Kashmir hospital to remove pellets and correct retinas,… Continue Reading →
Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi Is Sufism dying out even at the Dargahs and Khanqahs (Sufi shrines), which imbibed an egalitarian tradition of inclusiveness, pluralism and egalitarianism among the Indian Muslims for ages? In this context, the Bombay High Court’s verdict protecting… Continue Reading →
There are some words that are hard to forget, words like, “Every strand of hair that I see on your head is a sin.” By Hina Moheyuddin There are some words that are hard to forget, words like, “Every strand… Continue Reading →