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Sharjeel Usmani

Sharjeel Usmani

Sharjeel Usmani is a student of Diploma in Engineering at Aligarh Muslim University. He hails from Azamgarh and has completed his schooling in his hometown. He is also involved in students' rights activism. Although an engineering student; his areas of interest are journalism and literature.

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    The strange dichotomies of Bollywood

    Bollywood, the sobriquet of the Hindi film industry based in Mumbai, has influenced daily life and culture in India for decades now. In fact, movies are the mainstay ...

    On July 21, 2016 / By Sharjeel Usmani
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    The struggle for greater access of women in public places continues: Discussing the Sabrimala Temple issue

    As temples try to keep women out of their reach and as women are prayed as goddesses, some of our religious customs are not in tune with the ...

    On March 23, 2016 / By Sharjeel Usmani
  • Politics 0

    The Nobel provokes, the Amendments insist and still we have no solution for the Child Labour Problem

    On May 13, 2015, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister gave its approval to move official amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation), Act, 1986, ...

    On February 6, 2016 / By Sharjeel Usmani

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