Remembering Sant Longowal on his 30th Death Anniversary This is an account of Manushi’s attempts to organise a meeting for communal amity on June 25, 1985.…
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First published at http://swarajyamag.com/ on September 12, 2015: http://swarajyamag.com/magazine/to-ban-or-not-to-ban/ The ongoing controversy over whether to ban pornography as a social menace or treat it as a matter of…
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First Published in March-April 2000, Manushi # 117 ON March 25 of this year, copies of Manusmriti were burnt by reformers protesting against the ill-conceived installation of…
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