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'I Was Told Don't Object as Elections are Near': Joshimath Shankaracharya
Joshimath Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, who came into the limelight for his decision to not attend the consecration ceremony at Ayodhya on January 22, in an exclusive interview with Outlook, says that the religious scriptures are not being followed. He also accuses the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust secretary, Champat Rai, of dividing Hindu society in the name of sects. Excerpts:
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February 01, 2024
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Mapping the March
A look at a decade of the Hindu Rashtra conferences in Goa reveals which of their targets have been achieved and what remains
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February 01, 2024
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A Temple Triumphs
Ayodhya is all decked up, having undergone a rapid transformation in the recent past. Its residents are torn between the temple town then and now
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February 01, 2024
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Sheher-e-Paighambar
Muslims in Ayodhya brace for the Ram Mandir inauguration 31 years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Their only wish Is to be allowed to live in peace
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February 01, 2024
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Temple town, Tinseltown
The new Ayodhya, remodelled as a glitzy temple town, exudes celebratory spirit and promises limitless development. But a closer look reveals its contradictions and discontent
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February 01, 2024
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Gaza's Truth-Tellers
Thanks to the voices of intrepid young journalists in Gaza, the world now knows the stories of its people by heart
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January 11, 2024
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"A Fleeting Feeling of Freedom"
Mohammed Ayman, co-founder of the Free Gaza Circus, is determined to entertain Gaza's kids
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January 11, 2024
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"I Yearn For a Moment of Boredom of the Lady with Hearing Loss”
She is a Gaza-based poet and cultural activist, who wrote this on Facebook on December 13
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January 11, 2024
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Stubborn Survival
Musings on the Palestinians' struggle to be heard
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January 11, 2024
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"Dancers are at Constant Risk of Being Arrested"
A 22-year-old Dabke dancer, who wishes to remain unnamed, says Palestinian artists are trying to send out a strong message to the world, that is silently watching the Gaza genocide
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January 11, 2024
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"Crazy and Unprecedented"
Haneen Harara, a Palestinian journalist based in Gaza, says it is really hard to tell the world how bad the situation is
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January 11, 2024
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"We are the People of Truth"
The last words of Gaza poet Heba Abu Nada
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January 11, 2024
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No Country for Coriander
In a longstanding game of one-upmanship, Israel keeps banning harmless goods, snatching away the simple wants of Palestinians
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January 11, 2024
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"I Don't Know How I Made it Out Alive"
Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad has been sharing the everyday struggle for survival in the ravaged city of Gaza
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January 11, 2024
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"Everyone is a Target"
Journalist Shatha Hanaysha missed death by a whisker last year during an Israeli raid, which killed a fellow scribe she had admired. But that has not stopped her
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January 11, 2024
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"Women are Suffering Because They are Women"
Twenty-five-year-old Gazan journalist Bisan Owda’s social media posts capture the everyday struggles of Gazans and the horrific impact of Israeli attacks
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January 11, 2024
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"We Did Not Expect the War to Go on for So Long"
Adel Al-Hawajri, a journalist from Gaza, says people are mentally and emotionally drained because this war is very different from the previous rounds of violence
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January 11, 2024
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"They Didn't Even Let Us Say Goodbye To Him"
West Bank-based journalist Fayha Shalash recounts her family's harrowing ordeal
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January 11, 2024
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"In Gaza, Death is Safer than Life"
Mosab Abu Toha, a poet, recounts his struggle to stay alive in war-torn Gaza
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January 11, 2024
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Where is She?
Batool Abu Akleen, a teenage poet from Gaza, last posted on October 23. Her social media handles went silent after that
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January 11, 2024
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"I Use Art to Convey What Cannot be Expressed in Words"
Artists expressing solidarity with Palestine are struggling to find space on mainstream platforms
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January 11, 2024
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"Gaza is our Home"
Researcher, writer and translator Yousef Aljamal highlights the human impact of the political situation through his mother’s and sister's stories
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January 11, 2024
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"I Let my Art be a Testament to my Political Identity"
Heba Haji is a Kuwaiti-Palestinian artist settled in Kuwait. She traces her ancestry to Palestine through the words of her grandparents
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January 11, 2024
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"I am Ready to Die, Here in Gaza"
She is a 21-year-old student in Gaza. She has survived many Israeli military attacks. The Israeli army assassinated two of her uncles and two of her cousins. This is her story
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January 11, 2024
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"We Need More Medicines"
Chris Hook has been working with Médecins Sans Frontieres MSF)/Doctors Without Borders since 2015. He was recently the Head of Medical Teams in Gaza and describes what it’s like to do care work in a city under siege
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January 11, 2024
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"I Spent A Day in an Israeli Prison"
Italian artist Jorit painted a mural of Palestinian activist Ahed Tamim! while visting Jerusalem. He was jailed for it, and he Is banned from entering Israel for ten years
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January 11, 2024
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Occupation Stories
A collection of plays by Palestinian theatre groups about the daily lives of people in wartime in their homeland'
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January 11, 2024
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Static Frames of Turbulence
The flair and flourish of Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman
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January 11, 2024
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Palestine Outside Gaza: TWO EXPERIENCES
Irrespective of how the current situation plays out, the Palestinian spirit is too deeply entrenched to be defeated
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January 11, 2024
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UNHOLY WAR
Violence destroys the conscience and renders us captive to the reptilian mind within
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