Opinion
Opinion
Gangs, kidnappings, murders: Why thousands of Rohingya are desperately trying to escape refugee camps by boats
Ruth Wells, UNSW Sydney and Max William Loomes, UNSW Sydney
Late last week, a boat crammed with Rohingya refugees fleeing a squalid camp in Bangladesh capsized off the coast of...
Opinion
Electoral Bonds: A game theoretic enquiry into who gains at whose cost?
Shirin Akhter and Vijender Singh Chauhan
The debate around electoral bonds in India has brought to the fore a...
Opinion
Should you be concerned about flying on Boeing planes?
Doug Drury, CQUniversity Australia
The American aerospace giant Boeing has been synonymous with safe air travel for decades. Since...
Film and TV
Watching ‘Dune’ from the East
Second part of the 'Dune' film series, adapted from Frank Herbert’s novel of the same title and directed by Denis Villeneuve with a stellar cast of globally acclaimed actors like Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya and Javier Bardem, is gaining attention worldwide. Rising Box office collections and high ratings have made it a remarkable success.
Business
WTO conference ends in division and stalemate – does the global trade body have a viable future?
Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The 13th World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi...
Opinion
UP Election Surveys and Mayawati . Is Media Brahmanical?
She has been pushed to the margins. People are talking about her now when she entered the fray. Somebody claimed that the BSP will get 24 out of 50 seats. As a matter of fact, the media does not understand the BSP. Due to this, it only focuses on the political strategies of other parties. If you don’t visit the villages, how can you present the true picture? Opinions formed at tea stalls are different from those formed in cities. A complete picture emerges only when opinions are collected at all levels.”
Opinion
Who is the most persecuted student in the Indian Higher Education?
One expects all oppositional forces in the country would support or at least express solidarity with him. Particularly in a humane and progressive campus like UoH. Last night, a mob of SFI activists beat him and his friends and even his guest on the campus itself.
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Opinion
Radhika Vemula combats caste system and brahmanical patriarchy
The brazen forms of casteism and misogyny inflicted on Radhika Vemula till date, Rohith's caste identity being "decided" in this brahmanical patriarchal society as coming from his biological father and not the struggling mother who raised him, the way in which she has been constantly absused and harassed by the government officials in the name of an "enquiry", reflect how caste and gender interplay thereby, reproducing the hierarchies of "purity" and "pollution" on a woman's body.
Opinion
Justice for Jishnu ; Reclaiming of Public Education
We should rise up in rage and rebellion and pelt stones, if need be, not just against the private institutions and managements, but also against the state policies that make education the privilege of the rich.
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Opinion
What It Really means When CBSE Is Upholding the Brahminical Narrative of History
Whatever may be the real history, on 19 of this month, the CBSE announced its decision to remove a section entitled ‘Caste, Conflict and Dress Change’ from its social science curriculum for Class IX students, following the order by the Madras high court that directed it to remove “objectionable content.”
Opinion
Muslim Personal Law Reforms: BMMA Studies, Modi Government & All India Muslim Personal Law Board -Faizan Mustafa
' Moreover BMMA’s position is also problematic on number of points as they do demand several rights which are not there in the text of Quran such as mandatory will or gift in favour of daughters to make their share in inheritance equal to sons. Their definition of term ‘Muslim’ is itself problematic as it does not include finality of Muhammad’s prophethood. '
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Opinion
Sharia and secular nation state; locating Muslim women’s rights.
'' On the question of ‘Freedom of religion’ one needs to be clear if they are talking about the freedom of practicing religion or interpreting religion. The space for sound interpretation of scriptures in consultation with well qualified ulama is violently denied even when one evokes 'freedom of religion' and erroneously deploy scores of articles from the constitution without understanding the intricacies of personal laws.''
Film and TV
Pink: Movie Review
'' In hindsight, even a movie like Kahani needed an Amitabh Bacchan voiceover at the end where women were equated to Goddess Durga. PINK for some reason literally brings him into form as if the three women aren’t enough to carry the movie on their shoulders let alone hold fort against the ‘system’.''
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Opinion
If Kerala is really like Somalia, Who’s our Al-Shabaab? RSS?
Overall IMR in Gujarat is 36 (2013), slightly better than the national average of 40, but way behind Kerala's 12. IMR among the tribal population of Gujarat, based on 2005 figures, is 86, much much worse than Kerala's!
Opinion
Jisha ,You were probably someone like Rohith Vemula, who dreamed of stars and skies.
Dear Jisha, I never knew you, nor did you know me.
You were probably a “usual” student, pursuing your studies, dreaming of a better future for yourself and your country. You were probably someone like Rohith Vemula, who dreamed of stars and skies. I learnt that you were a Law student, but I regret to tell you that the Law of this country fails us miserably.
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Opinion
WOMEN CAN ENTER MASJIDS- IN DISGUST.
Entering Masjids just to fulfil obligatory duties on time, and using it as a place of spiritual guidance and having a peaceful, unrestricted rapport with your Lord are two different things. And for most Masjids in Kerala, the first is what they assume doing it like God wanted. For most of these Masjids do not give a warm and clean welcome to the female gender seeking a place to get closer to God. While most of the woman’s sections are sidelined right next to a stinky, dry, and piss filled wash rooms, the main prayer area itself looks like the shady streets we avoid at all times. Filled with dust, with no basic electricity or sometimes-even directions to the Qibla, the male elite expects women to be satisfied with no complaints whatsoever that they are being given entry into their sacred places.
Opinion
Half sleeve? I suppose I don’t have one!
The pursuit of expectations( of students) demands a sensible solution to this problem . Revising rules does not mean the board is liberalizing a very competitive examination .But it just means to act democratically by a giving a consenting nod to what the board has been teaching us at school ever since. Like so many worried parents, brothers, and sisters I am only a friend of someone who scored 97% of marks in 12th grade and is hoping that the board will let her wear hijab, respecting her ideology.
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