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Is there a tradition 100 years later? Anjana Basu gives us feminist insights on this quadrennial event. February 29 falls once every four years, offering
28 February 2024
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Is there a tradition 100 years later? Anjana Basu gives us feminist insights on this quadrennial event. February 29 falls once every four years, offering
Calcutta celebrates Durga Puja It was a time when evil reigned supreme in the world and the gods were powerless – so said the legends.
PAKISTAN REAL TIME Do We Not Bleed? Reflections of a 21st Century Pakistani Mehr Tarar Aleph Rs 599 Most people are aware of the scenario
Venus with a P*nis – A Tale of Love, Sacrifice and Betrayal Almas Hussain Leadstart Publishing INR 269/ According to WHO, India has made groundbreaking
The Lives of Freda The political, spiritual and personal journeys of Freda Bedi Andrew Whitehead Speaking Tiger INR 499/ A Hollywood star and a Buddhist nun
India’s LGBT community is celebrating an historic victory. On September 6 The Country’s Supreme Court struck down a colonial-era law criminalizing same-sex conduct as unconstitutional.
Through the story, Singh highlights the problems little girls from the cities face when the loos they are presented with are stinky and wet
The men in patriarchal Pakistan called her shameless, and her brother, a day after she told the media that she feared for her life, finally strangled her in what he called an honour killing,.
The female population of India is dropping so that there are thousands of men with no outlet for sexual expression. This at one level contributes to India’s ‘rape culture’, at another it is responsible for the molestation of children who the molesters confidently expect will never be believed
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