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Naseeruddin Shah remembers Kundan Shah

Kundan Shah was hardly individualistic, in fact as a student at FTII, he was scarcely distinguishable from his two closest friends Ravi...

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What Delhi Needs to Learn from Islamabad by SYED ATA HASNANIN

Recently Pakistan was embarrassed in the UN General Assembly by its Permanent Representative’s gaffe, when she waved the photograph of a Palestinian...

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A SHADOW OF KARBALA by Asif Farrukhi

More than a thousand years ago, a small group, including women and children, fearing bloodshed in the sanctified city of Makkah began...

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“Love, Sex, and Marriage in Ancient Egypt” by JOSHUA J MARK

Although marriages in ancient Egypt were arranged for communal stability and personal advancement, there is ample evidence that romantic love was as important to...

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“Partition didn’t do to the Muslims what ‘secular’ India has done” by ASAD ZAIDI

In the small Rajput state of Karauli (in eastern Rajasthan), ruled from the Sultanate era by largely non-literate Jadon rulers claiming direct...

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3 TALAQS: LETS TALK ABOUT DISCRIMINATION by Arghya Sengupta

There is something naturally perverse about a husband being given the right to annul his marriage unilaterally by merely uttering the word...

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AN INTERVIEW WITH AARTI TIKOO SINGH

Aarti Tikoo Singh is a Senior Assistant Editor with The Times of India, responsible for news selection, editing, writing and coordination for...

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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE & HINDUISM by BY MADHURI SHEKAR & HARI VENKATACHALAM

FROM THE STONEWALL RIOTS IN NEW YORK back in 1969 to the recent legalization of same-sex marriages, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)...

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“Social Anger and Apathy in Pakistan” (7) by AKHTER ALI SYED

A Psychopathological Perspective in Neo-Colonial Era. The last episode. A List of References and links to previous episodes are provided in the end. Non-State...

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“Social Anger and Apathy in Pakistan” (6) by AKHTER ALI SYED

A Psychopathological Perspective in Neo-Colonial Era. The thesis shall be published in episodes. A detail of references shall be given in last episode....