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Nov 20, 2018
Author Nandini Krishnan brings the transmasculine community out of the shadows in Invisible Men
Krishnan says that readers could takeaway from Invisible Men what she did while researching which is the realisation that sexuality is not the only aspect that there is to a person -
Nov 19, 2018
Sabarimala temple: KHRC claims gross violation of Human Rights of devotees, directs officials to ensure basic facilities
Acting on a complaint, the commission said there was a gross human rights violations at Sabarimala Sannidhanam, Nilackal and Pamba. Taking a strong view of the lack of facilities for devotees at the shrine, visited by lakhs of devotees from all over the country and abroad, the commission directed the Travancore Devawom Board (TDB) Commissioner, Secretary LSGD and DGP to intervene in the matter urgently. -
Nov 16, 2018
Sabarimala row: Devaswom Board's decision to move SC may ease tension looming over the pilgrimage season
TDB's decision to move the Supreme Court for more time to implement its verdict allowing women of all ages to enter Sabarimala temple may ease the tension. -
Nov 16, 2018
Sabarimala row: Don't understand why women activists are so eager to enter temple, says Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen
Bangladeshi writer and women's rights activist Taslima Nasreen on Friday tweeted on the ongoing Sabarimala row. -
Nov 14, 2018
FBI report says hate crimes in US rose by 17 percent last year; more than half motivated by bias against race, ethnicity
There were 7,175 reported hate crimes last year, up from 6,121 in 2016. The FBI's annual hate crimes report defines hate crimes as those motivated by bias based on a person's race, religion or sexual orientation, among other categories. -
Nov 13, 2018
MeToo and savarna feminism: Revolutions cannot start with the privileged, feminist future must be equal for all
Mainstream feminism in India aka upper-caste or savarna feminism, as it exists today, is problematic. -
Nov 10, 2018
Hamid: Exploring grief, fractured lives through the story of an unlikely friendship in Kashmir
Director Aijaz Khan and the cast of Hamid speak about how the film portrays the relationship shared by a young Kashmiri boy and a CRPF jawan -
Nov 05, 2018
Nail polish before namaaz is 'un-Islamic', use mehendi instead, claims latest fatwa from Darul Uloom Deoband
The Darul Uloom Deoband, one of the largest Islamic seminaries in India, is often in the news for issuing such fatwas. -
Oct 26, 2018
Sabarimala row: Kerala Police includes photo of one of its own in album of 210 suspects, calls it 'mistake'
Kerala Police has included a photograph of one of its own personnel in its album of 210 people suspected to have been involved in protests at Sabarimala. -
Oct 24, 2018
France ban on Niqab violates human rights, says UNHRC; tells Paris to reconsider, report back on action taken in 180 days
The UNHRC was not persuaded by France’s claim that a ban on face-covering was necessary and proportionate from a security standpoint or for attaining the goal of ‘living together’ in society
