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The social construction of motherhood: a historical & literary analysis

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Jayaprakash Narayan’s Convocation address at Aligarh Muslim University in 1968

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    Sarbjit: An Evocative Representation of a Truly Tragic Story

    The story of Sarbjit Singh is among the most tragic in the history of Indo-Pak relations. Allegedly, he was picked up in a drunken state by the Pakistani ...

    On August 29, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    Budhia Singh – Born to Run: A Tale of Passion

    Budhia Singh has been the youngest marathon runner in the country, having run at the age of 4. He ran a number of marathons before the most famous ...

    On August 29, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    This is CERTAINLY NOT Sedition! #RamyaControversy

    My strongly critical views on the Pakistani establishment can be seen here and here. My view on the ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ controversy stirred by MIM chief Asaduddin ...

    On August 23, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    Dear America, Do You Want a President who Openly Condones Sexual Harassment and who Disrespects Your Martyrs?

    Coming from India, which is indeed a noisy, pluralistic democracy that often fails to throw up the best of candidates, leaving us with rather sad choices like between ...

    On August 12, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    Are Human Rights Activists Speaking Up for Terror Suspects Necessarily Apologists of Terror? No!

    BJP MP Satyapal Singh, who, earlier as a cop, had filed complaints against Dr. Zakir Naik during the UPA regime, has been honest enough to acknowledge that there are police ...

    On August 12, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    The Problem Generated by Zakir Naik

    With a huge global following, Indian Muslim preacher Zakir Naik promotes a brand of Islam that is regressive and even dangerous. It is a puritanical and evangelist form ...

    On August 9, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    I #readwomen and I like it

    The #readwomen challenge (where you decide to only read women writers for a set period of time) is not new, Lilit Marcus already gave it a higher profile ...

    On August 7, 2016 / By Marieke Muller
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    The Murder of Qandeel Baloch: How free are we if we hum the same tune but only brazenly?

    Over the last few days, my Facebook and Twitter timelines have been practically scorched with posts on the gory murder of Qandeel Baloch. And rightly so, for what ...

    On August 2, 2016 / By Seema Siddiqui
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    Can a uniform civil code help fight gender discrimination in India? Yes, it can!

    After the Supreme Court’s consistent reminders in personal law cases, the Modi Government recently attempted to execute one of the major aspects of its manifestos, the Uniform Civil ...

    On August 1, 2016 / By Meera Dubey
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    Islam and Music/Television/Cinema: Should One See a Contradiction at All?

    Given the recent terror strikes in the name of Islam across the globe (even in Muslim-majority countries like Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, and those offering conspiracy theories about ...

    On July 29, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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