Category: Opinion

A Maharashtra court on Monday discharged all 9 Muslims, who were accused in Malegaon blasts, that killed 37 people in 2006. For 10 years they had to live with the stigma of terrorism, with one having died in an accident during the trial period. Salman Farsi, Dr Farogh Magdumi, Noorulhuda Samshodduha and Raees Ansari after the verdict by the special MCOCA court. The four were among the eight who were discharged in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast case. Express Photos. The nine men are Noorul Huda, Shabbir Ahmed, Raees Ahmed,…

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In India, relationships that do not have the sanction of matrimony are not widely accepted and often invite foul stares. No matter how big and wide this nation is with diversity in ethnicity, race, caste and creed, everything is plagued with social stigmas that manifest its presence through a well-established system of moral policing. We do not approve of live-in relationships because apparently they ruin our “culture”. In such an India, imagine what would need to happen for people to accept same-sex relationships! For most, accepting such relationships is a matter…

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At the time when you and I were too busy troubling our parents for a new toy, dress, yada yada yada, Muskaan Ahirwar realized the bigger problems in the society, which most of us still pretend to be unaware of, and started a library to educate other children in her slum who are devoid of something as basic (to us, of course) as education.   Through crowded, shanty alleys, surrounded by the excited groups of children, stands a “Bal Pustakalaya” in the slum area which is run by this 9 year old. Every day, after coming…

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