Many Muslim women artists across the country are using their platforms calling out the repression that the government is committed to pursue. Safoora Zargar, an M.Phil student from Jamia Millia Islamia and 21 weeks pregnant has been behind bars for five months, that too amidst a pandemic
Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) issued a land-use change for the Rs.20,000 crore project, drawing criticism from MPs like Shashi Tharoor, Mahua Moitra, who called out the ‘dangerous misallocation of resources and misplaced priorities’ of the Centre. At the same time, few other MPs expressed their displeasure in the new Parliament building being made ‘a 7-star hotel replica’.
Italy and Iran have been hit the worst outside of China, but the people in all these countries are trying everything to warm and elevate each other in this moment of crisis.
Riz Ahmed is an Emmy winning British actor and goes by the alias Riz MC when he performs as a rapper. His Post 9/11 blues (2006), Sour Times (2011) and the album Englistan (2016) which features songs like Benaz, demonstrates his social commitment. This new album, ‘The Long Goodbye’ reinstates this dedication.
Thousands of Muslims from China's Uighur minority group are working under coercive conditions at factories that supply some of the world's biggest brands. The so-called labor transfer scheme is the latest on the attacks on the community by the government.