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The Dog Chain & Hospital Bed
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The Dog Chain & Hospital Bed

On November 27, 1973, Aruna Shanbaug, a staff nurse at the KEM Hospital in Mumbai, was brutally attacked by a male sweeper, Sohanlal Valmiki. He raped and sodomised her, while strangling her with a dog chain

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5 mins  |
September 11, 2024
Speak Up, Shut Down
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Speak Up, Shut Down

How the system defeats a gang rape survivor

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8 mins  |
September 11, 2024
They Didn't Cut the Tree
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They Didn't Cut the Tree

Despite global outrage at the gang rape and murder of two minors in Budaun, UP in May 2014, nine years later the case has not reached trial stage. The family continue to live in fear in the same village, awaiting justice

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6 mins  |
September 11, 2024
Unspeakable Memories
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Unspeakable Memories

At least five tribal girls in Sidhi district in MP were raped by a 30-year-old man, who used a voice-changing app to pose as a woman college professor offering them scholarships

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10+ mins  |
September 11, 2024
Rage Against the Machinery
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Rage Against the Machinery

The brutal rape-murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital has an inescapable geography

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5 mins  |
September 1, 2024
The Endless Night
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The Endless Night

WEST Bengal witnessed mass protests on an unprecedented scale on the eve of India's 78th Independence Day-the midnight of August 14when tens of thousands of people, overwhelmingly women, took over the main squares across the state's cities and towns.

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1 min  |
September 1, 2024
Cause and Effect
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Cause and Effect

India needs to show atmanirbharta as the era of New Cold War’ is rampaging across South Asia

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6 mins  |
September 1, 2024
Newsroom in Exile
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Newsroom in Exile

It was a dangerous time to be a journalist in Bangladesh. Between 2001 and 2006, 13 journalists were killed and hundreds faced threats, intimidation, harassment and torture from law enforcement agencies.

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6 mins  |
September 1, 2024
Notes from a Revolution
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Notes from a Revolution

Salimullah Khan is a Dhaka-based political analyst and public intellectual who teaches at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. Snigdhendu Bhattacharya speaks to him about the implications of the Bangladesh uprising

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7 mins  |
September 1, 2024
We, the Women
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We, the Women

The number of casualties in Bangladesh would have been much higher had women not taken to the streets in such large numbers. A first-person account

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3 mins  |
September 1, 2024
Jamaat Raises its Pitch
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Jamaat Raises its Pitch

After being underground for more than a decade, Jamaat-e-lslami is back on the political circuit, raising concerns for India

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7 mins  |
September 1, 2024
Liberation 2.0?
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Liberation 2.0?

India must be actively involved to prevent Bangladesh's return to the East Pakistan days

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5 mins  |
September 1, 2024
The Hindu Question
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The Hindu Question

Rana Dasgupta is the General Secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, one of the main minority rights organisations in the country. He spoke to Snigdhendu Bhattacharya about the attacks on minorities, the role of the student leadership, the interim government and future plans

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4 mins  |
September 1, 2024
When Statues Fall
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When Statues Fall

The protests in Bangladesh were about more than just toppling a regime. It was about reclaiming dignity and humanity in the face of oppression

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6 mins  |
September 1, 2024
Seeking Return of Democracy
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Seeking Return of Democracy

The BNP will give the interim government reasonable time in the hope that it is aware of public desire for free and fair elections

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5 mins  |
September 1, 2024
Rapids Ahead in the Teesta
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Rapids Ahead in the Teesta

India’s challenge is to break with the past and begin afresh with the new power centre in Dhaka

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7 mins  |
September 1, 2024
Roaring With Storms
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Roaring With Storms

Bangladesh witnessed dramatic changes in a month, but bigger changes are in the offing

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8 mins  |
September 1, 2024
No Haircut For Dalits
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No Haircut For Dalits

Despite being illegal, despite the years of independence and progress India has made the practice of untouchability continues to plague the country's Dalit citizens

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10 mins  |
August 21, 2024
The Age Of Lynching
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The Age Of Lynching

Incidents of fatal lynchings of people from minority communities is on the rise, even as the conviction rate for such crimes remains abysmal

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8 mins  |
August 21, 2024
Pomp and Happiness
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Pomp and Happiness

Can we ever break free from the unending display of wealth and might?

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5 mins  |
August 21, 2024
The Banality of Story
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The Banality of Story

Dear Studio, invest in people, not in products. Tell me a story I can feel-each time anew

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4 mins  |
August 21, 2024
The Ways of Seeing
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The Ways of Seeing

Every artist should be free to follow the path that an idea presents

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5 mins  |
August 21, 2024
A Beautiful Mind
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A Beautiful Mind

People with mental illnesses are left out of the narrative and deprived of freedoms and benefits that neuro-typical people take for granted; they deserve freedom from stigma

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4 mins  |
August 21, 2024
An Uncounted Rape
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An Uncounted Rape

Already vulnerable, India's transgender citizens are assaulted or ignored by the very institutions meant to serve and protect them

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7 mins  |
August 21, 2024
We Bleed, Therefore We Are
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We Bleed, Therefore We Are

It is time to formulate a national period leave policy to de-stigmatise menstruation

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6 mins  |
August 21, 2024
You Gave Me a Mountain
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You Gave Me a Mountain

The Himalayan mountain ranges are staring at a grim future. Freedom from mindless and unplanned construction is the need of the hour

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10 mins  |
August 21, 2024
Elemental Emergency
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Elemental Emergency

Can we work for a pollution-free future even as we face existential threats?

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5 mins  |
August 21, 2024
Anda Prison Cell
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Anda Prison Cell

Freedom of mind is what keeps you going when you are chained and put in prison. A first-person account

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3 mins  |
August 21, 2024
What's Outside?
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What's Outside?

For political prisoners, freedom becomes a longing for small mercies that make us human

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8 mins  |
August 21, 2024
Sita's World
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Sita's World

At a time Lord Ram has dominated the political narrative, it is important for women to seek inspiration from Sita's story and break free from everything that shackles them

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4 mins  |
August 21, 2024