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				<title>Kapil Sibal comes to the Rescue of Kashmirs Cable Operators </title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Fordecades now, Kashmiri Muslims have held the Government of India responsible forall their woes. This is because the Government of India time and again allowed theruling National Conference to rig elections and run a corrupt, uncaring andauthoritarian regime in Jammu and Kashmir. Whenever Kashmiris rose in protestagainst subversion of their democratic rights by their State Government, theNational Conference managed to convince the Central Government that it was ananti-India upsurge. This suits corrupt and irresponsible politicians andbureaucrats of J&amp;K. The Central...]]></description>
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				<title>MODINAMA 7</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[During a hearing of aGujarat riots case, the Supreme Court chastised the Gujarat government forbeing modern day Neros. However, this adjective has stuck to Modi&rsquo;s name.Compared to many other epithets used against Modi, this is actually the leastvicious.There is no denyingthat due to incompetence or complicity or both-- the police failed in many instancesto control the violence that shook Gujarat for three days starting February 28,2002. There is also no denying that some of the administrators proved incompetentin handling the...]]></description>
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				<title>MODINAMA 6</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Just as during the festival of Holi, people take a lot of liberties witheach other saying &ldquo;Bura na maano, Holi hai&rdquo; (please don&rsquo;t mind, this isHoli), so also the new mantra of the Congress party is to respond to charges ofheinous corruption, murders, mayhem, rapes and instigating riots is: &ldquo;Burana mano, we are Secular&rdquo;.&nbsp; However,the pranks people play on Holi are relatively innocent and the play is withcolours. But the Congress is playing a very divisive and bloody game which...]]></description>
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				<title>Victimhood as Ideology</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Dear Zahirbhai, My apologies for thedelay in responding to your &ldquo;Open Letter&rdquo; addressed to me through Kafila onJanuary 11 2013.Unlike most of thoseupset at my articles on Gujarat, you have been remarkably measured in your toneand tenor and also respectful in questioning my observations. However, thecontent of your letter annoyed me no end. I kept postponing my response in thehope that my annoyance at the absurdity of your chargesheet would subside overtime. I honestly did not want to give you...]]></description>
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				<title>Outrage and Anger at Modi Nama </title>
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				<description><![CDATA[When I began my writing on Gujarat, I knew I would invite a lot of flak.&nbsp;That is why I pleaded right at the outset-- please don&rsquo;t fling ideology at me, challenge me on facts. None of those who who sent me epistles of outrage have dealt with the facts presented by leading and credible Muslims of Gujarat.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have also provided some of the facts about 2002 riots which have been subjected to the scrutiny of Supreme Court appointed Special Investigative...]]></description>
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				<title> Positive Responses to Modi Nama</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[These responsesreceived till 11th April 2013 are being published without anyeditorial interventionDear Madhu, This is beautifully crafted. I was in thePrime Minister's Office when the outrage in Maliana occurred. What shocked memost was&nbsp;the callousness of the then Chief Minister Veer Bahadur Singh,while speaking about these communal excesses. I wonder how many people recallthe old Biblical saying: &quot;Let he that has not sinned throw the firststone&quot;G. Parthsarathy, Former Ambassador&nbsp;.........&nbsp;Absolutely brilliant and high time someone made these points; will twitter it tomorrow.&nbsp;Read...]]></description>
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				<title>Mixed Responses to Modinama</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[These responses received till 11th April 2013 are being published without any editorial intervention.Madhu ji, I admire your sense of fairplay, unbiased research, fearlessness and objective search of truth, although I am not convinced that Modi is entirely a victim of circumstances beyond his control. We think that his Sabarmati experiment is a total waste of resources and actually nothing short of a land scam, where the river's flood plain has been put on line for a western style river...]]></description>
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				<title>Nightlife in Ahmedabad</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Even though I havenot yet had the time to study the law and order situation in Gujarat, when Iwas visiting Ahmedabad, one of my twitter followers from the city wrote to mesaying &ldquo;While you are there, go visit a police station. You would be shocked(pleasantly)&rdquo;. There was visible pride in his urging me to go and notice thechange in the system of policing in Gujarat. More than in police stations thechange is visible in people&rsquo;s perception of the law and...]]></description>
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				<title>MODINAMA 5</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[One ofthe criticisms levelled against my earlier articles on Narendra Modi is that Iam relying over much on the accounts provided to me by Zafar Sareshwala. I doso without any apology because: Zafar does not centre the conversation around himself. He is a veryperceptive observer of emerging trends in Gujarat&rsquo;s economy, polity and sociallife. He provides concrete examples to illustrate every point. The facts heputs forward can be cross checked by anyone. They allow you to reach your ownconclusions. Thus...]]></description>
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				<title>MODINAMA 4</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[In the 2012 Gujarat Assembly elections, 31% of Gujarati Muslims voted for Modi led BJP despite&nbsp; media and NGOs launching a&nbsp; high voltage campaign against Modi for being a &ldquo;divisive&rdquo;force in Indian politics. The enormous increase in Muslim vote for BJP was&nbsp; dismissed by Modi-Haters, including reputed political scientists , by saying that Muslimshad voted for Modi out of fear.Thosewho hold this view need to hear AsifaKhan of Bharuch who joined the BJP&nbsp; a few weeks before the 2012 election...]]></description>
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				<title>MODINAMA 3</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[One of the oft repeated charges against Modi's government isthat Muslims are being economically marginalized in Gujarat.It is believed that the political atmosphere and government policy is sohostile to Muslims that they are being crushed economically.&nbsp; ZafarSareshwala is first and foremost a&nbsp;businessman and part of a versatileentrepreneurial community. Therefore, he has a keen eye for this issue. This is what he had to say:&nbsp;Ifyou take the latest figures, the economic position Muslims have now, they neverhad that before. It is...]]></description>
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				<title>MODINAMA 2</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[58 train passengers, including women andlittle children, were charred to death on 27th February 2002 whentheir compartments were set on fire just as the train moved out of Godhrarailway station.&nbsp; The first incidents of retaliatory mobviolence were reported on February 28. They continued in full intensity on 1stand 2nd March. By 3rd March situation was under control.After that small incidents were engineered in a few pockets but they were putdown firmly. I will deal with the how and why of...]]></description>
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				<title>MODINAMA 1</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Whensome pockets of Gujarat were convulsed by violent riots in February 2002, I tooaccepted the version presented by the national media as well as our activist friendsand assumed that Modi was complicit in the Gujaratriots of 2002. Therefore, I too signed statements against Modi, publishedarticles sent to Manushi indicting Gujaratgovernment. We also raised funds for riot victims. However, I refrained fromwriting anything under my name because I did not get the time to visit Gujarat and experience and assess the...]]></description>
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				<title>Re-Interpreting the Old: from Respectable Femininity to a New Interpretational Space</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Inrecent management and organisational studies, researchers have explored thetensions emerging between social constructions of femininity and the identityof the &lsquo;modern&rsquo; working woman. The fundamental insight is that the practices,beliefs, and narratives that define women and men are socially constructed andhistorically situated in power relations. In most organisations, menconsciously or unconsciously use these constructions to maintain power.In exploring anorganisation&rsquo;s culture, focusing on the narratives of femininity, i.e. thestories that shape the identities of individuals and groups, serves as a toolto better...]]></description>
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				<title>Police &amp; Judicial Reforms First Priority</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Written and Oral Submissions by MANUSHI before the Justice Verma CommissionThe countrywide anger and protestfollowing the brutal gang rape of a 23 year old student has galvanized publicopinion as never before. Even though the ostensible demand of&nbsp;protesters&nbsp;isto make the rape law more stringent, the real intent is to express &quot;NoConfidence&quot; in the machinery of governance, especially the political class,police and law courts. That is why protests refuse to die down despite numerouspious announcements by the highest functionaries of the state-...]]></description>
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				<title>Joint Submissions to Justice Verma Commission by Organisations Working on Police Reforms</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[5th&nbsp;January2013Hon'ble Justice J. S.VermaFormer Chief Justiceof IndiaChairperson of theCommittee constituted to give report&nbsp;regarding changes in lawfor faster trial and proper punishment in case of sexual offence of extremenature against women.Re: Submission on PoliceReform by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Common Cause, Foundation forRestoration of National Values and MANUSHI &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Hon'ble Justice Verma and Committee Members,This submissionrepresents the views of the above mentioned NGO's that have for long yearsworked tirelessly on the issue of police reforms. Though the submission may...]]></description>
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				<title>Police Cant Be Women Friendly Without Being "Citizen Friendly"</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Ourcolonial minded police have emerged as the biggest threat to the security oflife and liberty of citizens of India- because of their deep nexus with not just political mafias but also petty criminals and lumpen elements. Therefore,merely subjecting them to special training courses on &ldquo;gender sensitivity&rdquo;cannot transform them into lawful instruments for protecting citizens from harm.&nbsp;Iillustrate this from one of many personal experiences because I am convincedsuch abuse is taking place on a large scale. But it remains hidden because...]]></description>
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				<title>Responses to Imperious Authoritarianism in the Garb of Modernity</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[From a broader context I personally feel thatwe are confusing between Westernisation and Mordernisation.In the name of beingmordern and 'sophisticated' we buy a western lens, start abusing Indian socialsystems and try to end up as a 'half-baked' western society.&nbsp;We are still colonised in our minds, which says, White &amp; West are alwayscorrect and superior.SThejhas******Namaste and congratulations for holding upthe mirror to the &quot;tamasha&quot; played out every evening on the&quot;Newshours&quot; of major TV channels.&nbsp;I really enjoyed reading your article in the...]]></description>
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				<title>Imperious Authoritarianism in the Garb of Modernity</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[It has become all too common for T.V. anchors to demand that an M.P. or minister who makes a frivolous or politically offensive statement should be forthwith forced to resign by his party or that a spiritual guru who holds antiquated views must be taken to task and immediately disowned by all his devotees as scum of the earth. Some of the TV anchors turn outright abusive to prove their reformist zeal. For example, much as I disliked Asaram Bapu&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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				<title>Book Review: The Sacred Grove</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The SacredGrove,&nbsp;a novel&nbsp;by&nbsp;Daman&nbsp;Singh,HarperCollins, 2010&nbsp;Six year old Fatima, a High Court Justice&rsquo;s granddaughter,cautions him on Diwali: &nbsp;'We shouldn&rsquo;t buy crackers froma Muslim shop!' Puzzled, he asks 'Why?' She explains: &nbsp;'Their&nbsp;(Muslims)fire crackers can be bombs to kill us. We must be careful!' Now&nbsp;annoyed, heasks, &lsquo;Who told you this?&rsquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lsquo;My class teacher!&rsquo; she answered withtriumph. She studies in an old elite school, affiliated to CBSE, in a statecapital.&nbsp;&nbsp;Its branches are in many countries.&nbsp;A District Magistrate (DM) blurts out a communally loadedstatement in a meeting,...]]></description>
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				<title>Book Review</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;S. Brodbeck &amp; B. Black (ed.): Gender and Narrativein the Mahabharata, Routledge, 326 pages, paperback $ 32.&nbsp;Thisimportant book brings together papers presented in the July 2005 SOAS conference,&ldquo;Epic Constructions: gender, myth and society.&rdquo; Why is it that even in the 21stcentury India cannot throw up a single scholar to participate in a foreign seminaron its greatest cultural monument, the Mahabharata? The participants areall from England and America, except one from Germany. This sad state ofaffairs holds true also for the...]]></description>
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				<title>Responses to "Biased Criticism Backfires"</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I think you have it inreverse....its the deification of Modi that has led to others having to pointout his methods. If anything Media by giving him so much space has helped inthis deification, though they may or may not be aware of it.I have always pointed out that the beginning is the Godhra fire. If it waspre-planned as Modi says, then it is his biggest failure. If it was indeed inresponse to a local event, then the government has failed...]]></description>
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				<title>Cosmopolitan Nationalism and the Career of Sarojini Naidu</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[&lsquo;Themost important fact of the present age is that all the different races of menhave come close together. And &hellip; we are confronted with two alternatives. Theproblem is whether the different groups of peoples shall go on fighting withone another or find out some true basis of reconciliation and mutual help;whether it will be interminable competition or co-operation.&rsquo;-Rabindranath Tagore [1]Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) was President ofthe Indian National Congress in 1925 and a regular member of the CongressWorking Committee.&nbsp; She led...]]></description>
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				<title>Om Dar-ba-dar: Aaa Kood, Isme Khazana Chhupa Hai ... </title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Long back, the fatherof psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud stated that dreams of diving into watersignify a plunge into the unconscious, possibly in an attempt to get to thebottom of one&rsquo;s emotional undercurrents. And for an adolescent, this wouldinvariably involve sexual desires as well. Watching Kamal Swaroop&rsquo;s 1988 cultfilm Om Dar-ba-dar often feels likebeing in someone&rsquo;s dream that is disturbingly close to your own memories. Set in Ajmer, in theafter-independence India of 60s and 70s, OmDar-ba-dar is a two and half hour...]]></description>
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				<title>The Protection Of Children From The Sexual Offences Act, 2012</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Inthe summer of 2012, Sandeep Paswan stood trial for raping and kidnapping aminor girl, the same minor girl who was his lawfully wedded wife and with whomhe had been cohabitating for over a year. But owing to the provisions of thenewly enacted Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (hereinafter&nbsp;Act),Mr. Paswan was facing charges for raping and kidnapping his own wife. The abovecase is but one instance of the repercussions which would follow from theenactment of certain provisions of the...]]></description>
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				<title>Changing Times, Changing Notions About Menstruation</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[This article is based on a study of girls in New Delhi to explore their perceptions, beliefs and knowledge about menstruation and hygiene-related practices. Of the various changes that a young girl undergoes, the onset of her menstrual cycle is perhaps the one change most closely associated with her &ldquo;initiation into womanhood&rdquo;, her transformation from being a girl to a young woman and consequently, a change in her social and sexual status. Within many cultures in the Indian society, menstruation...]]></description>
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				<title>Manushi Readers Respond to RTI Query Regarding Rahul Gandhis Foreign Trips</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[It is indeed a pity that the congress has become so secretive and defensive whether about Rahul Gandhi or Rober Vadra. This only helps to strengthen the suspicion that they have something to hide. As for bravery on your part it is a well established fact that you are indeed a brave person. Not so much for taking on the Gandhis but more so for being one of the pioneers in striking hard at the patriarchal social structure that strangulates...]]></description>
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				<title>Puzzling Responses to My RTI Query Regarding Rahul Gandhis Foreign Trips </title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I am really puzzled by some of the responses to my RTI regarding Rahul Gandhi&rsquo;s foreign trips. One set of persons have echoed the arguments used by Congress spokespersons Manish Tiwari and Jayanti Natarajan questioning my motives for demanding information that &ldquo;violates the privacy of Rahul Gandhi.&rdquo; A related argument is that parting with such information will jeopardize Rahul Gandhi&rsquo;s security. &nbsp;Both arguments sound absurd to me. As far as violating his privacy is concerned: Rahul Gandhi is not a...]]></description>
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				<title>Despair of Kashmir's Artisans</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[At the inauguration of the 15-day Dastkari Haat Samiti Melain Srinagar, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announcedthat significant measures will be taken to support artisans across Kashmir. On paper, their monthly stipend has beenincreased from 100 rupees to 500 rupees; so has their loan facility, from50,000 to one lakh rupees per unit. Abdullah said that artisans should nowmarket their products directly, without the involvement of middlemen who securea large portion of the profit. He called for a &ldquo;symbiotic relationship&rdquo; betweenartisans here...]]></description>
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				<title>Discussion on Open Letter to Syed Ali Shah Geelani</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I have been an admirer of your professionalism and your ability to speak the truth&nbsp; However, even when leaving aside my disagreements with what you profess, I must say that I am disappointed that a Kashmir activist like you has failed in showcasing facts in an unalloyed manner.&nbsp; Your claim that the Shivling appears for only 15 days is patently incorrect as the Shivling gets formed in the winter months itself, much before the yatra starts and except for a...]]></description>
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				<title>When Babus &amp; Netas Rule the Roost</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Our politicians and bureaucrats indulge in a lot ofgrandstanding about making India a global power. But in reality they spare noefforts to undermine and sabotage the potential of Indians to do well in everyfield. In this they don&rsquo;t even spare physically handicapped people who braveenormous odds to make a small place for themselves in the world.The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport eventfor athletes with physical disabilities. The 2012 Paralympics was held inLondon, and the world bid farewell to...]]></description>
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				<title>In Defence of Fundamental Right to Freedom of Expression </title>
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				<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Manushijoins diverse voices of protest against the arrest of&nbsp;politicalcartoonist&nbsp;and anti corruption activist,&nbsp;Aseem Trivedi on 8September, 2012, on charges of treason, sedition, cyber crime, insulting thenational flag and the Constitution of India through his work. He will be onremand in the police custody till 16th&nbsp;September 2012.Mr.Trivedi faces charges under Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code, as wellas offences under the Information Technology Act, for which he can beimprisoned for life and fined, or face imprisonment of up to three...]]></description>
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				<title>Religious Polarlisation will Derail Kashmir's Ecological Concerns</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I would like to begin by assuring you that there are plentyof people in India who shareyour concern for the environmental damage being caused to the eco-sensitivezone due to the massive increase in the number of Yatris that have begunvisiting the Amarnath shrine in Kashmir.&nbsp; I have personally seen how much garbage andfilth the Yatra generates and how the extension of the Yatra to two months hascaused enormous damage to the delicate ecology of the area. Therehave been &nbsp;times when...]]></description>
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				<title>In Defense of Arnab Goswami</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,As I mentioned earlier, I was trulyhumbled by the supportive mails and phone calls I got in response to my OpenLetters to Arnab Goswami.&nbsp;We published only a fraction of thepositive responses--not all. But I did make sure to publish every single mailthat came in defense of Arnab Goswami without any edits.However, since one of Arnab'sdefenders seems to labor under the false impression that I only gave space tothose who supported me and blanked out those who were annoyed by...]]></description>
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				<title>Pratibha Patil's Parting Shot at Her Presidency</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[There was widespread uproar when Sonia Gandhi handpicked PratibhaPatil to be elected President of India because of the rather inglorious trackrecord of Patil and other key members of her family. These included majorallegations of financial frauds and scams, allegations of involvement in murdercases, driving employees to suicide and much else. More than anyone else,Congress leaders from her own home district raised the banner of revolt againsther nomination.Her presidency has been the most lack luster of all. However, sheoutshone all other...]]></description>
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				<title>Follow Up: Open Letter to Arnab Goswami</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Dear Manushifriends,I am sharing thetext of an interview published by&nbsp;Tehelka.com on August 15, 2012- Madhu Kishwar&ldquo;I hadto articulate what a lot of people were feeling but had not said&rdquo;A regular on many television discussions,social commentator, activist and Manushi editor&nbsp;Madhu Kishwar&nbsp;createdwaves when she wrote an angry two-part open letter (PartI&nbsp;|&nbsp;Part II) to senior journalist and The Newshour anchor ArnabGoswami. The letter went viral online. She tells&nbsp;Karuna John&nbsp;whatmade her make her anger public.What made you write the open letter to Arnab Goswami?...]]></description>
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				<title>Ill Informed Critiques by Self Appointed Reformers</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Dear Arnab,When I sent Part 1 of my &ldquo;Open Letter&rdquo; I did so with thefull awareness that I might become a persona non grata not just for Times Now but also for many others whosee you as a role model. However, I am encouraged to continue by the fact that withinminutes of mailing the letter and posting it on MANUSHI website, I got numerousmessages from discerning viewers and respected public figures telling me I haddone the right thing. That assured...]]></description>
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				<title>When News Programs Become Kangaroo Courts -- Part I</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Dear Arnab ji,When you started your innings with&nbsp;Times Now&nbsp;by demanding that power wieldersprovide honest answers to the general public for their various acts ofcommission and omission, many of us applauded your public spiritedness.&nbsp;&ldquo;The Nation-is-angry-and-wants-an-answer&rdquo; approach gave much-needed ventto citizens&rsquo; frustration at our political masters&rsquo; lack of accountability.Every today, once in a while, your head-on approach works well, as it did whenyou ably stonewalled the attempts of Congress leaders in giving a communalcolour to the recent killings and mayhem in Assam....]]></description>
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				<title>A New Low in Kashmiri Politics</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The ham-handed and callous response of the J&amp;K government to the mysterious and many allege mischievous, burning down of the revered Peer Dastgeer Sahib shrine in Khanyar area of Srinagar on 25th&nbsp;June represents a new low in Kashmiri politics. This iconic dargah is more than 200 years old and has been a spot of great veneration for believers across Kashmir.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is a symbol of the uniqueness of Kashmiri Islam seeped as it is in the Sufi world view which enabled...]]></description>
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				<title>Can the Police Danda Curb Teenage Sexuality?</title>
				<link>http://www.manushi.in/articles.php?articleId=1609</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Judge Kamini Lau has done us all a great service by raising pertinent questions about the problems inherent in passing a legislation, to raise the age of consent for engaging in sexual relations from 16 to 18yrs for girls and 21 yrs of age for boys.&nbsp;&nbsp;This issue suddenly gained prominence with the Union Cabinet's approval of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill 2011&nbsp; It stipulates that having sex with a girl below 18 years of age will be...]]></description>
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				<title>When the Police is Partisan</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Yusuf, a school dropout but business sharp, organizes annual large&nbsp;Iftaar&nbsp;parties in his Muslim&nbsp;mohalla, also attended by powerful Hindu politicians. The fast observers clean their plates engagingly, drinking litres of soft drinks and water, under the gaze of politicians, casually chewing pan or succulent dates and surveying the dilapidated landscape. It is their prized electoral sanctuary; occasionally they irrigate it with notional presence. Seeing devouts hurrying to the mosque, politicians show urgency to leave. Yusuf is elated: he showed folks his...]]></description>
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				<title>The Sari: A Garment for All Seasons</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Garments, like cuisine, evolve in every culture to suit the dominant body type, climate and social conditions. Major garment-types that survive over centuries are not those designed by an individual but those that develop over time. All major garment-types have a certain degree of flexibility, for example, in the case of Western dresses the length, sleeve-length, tightness and neckline.&nbsp; The genius of the sari lies in its extreme versatility. Unlike the dress or the salwar-kamiz, this versatility depends not as...]]></description>
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				<title>Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism by Rajiv Malhotra </title>
				<link>http://www.manushi.in/articles.php?articleId=1592</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In his new book, &ldquo;Being Different &ndash; An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism&rdquo; (HarperCollins India, 2011), Indian-American scholar and author Rajiv Malhotra presents both his own lived experiences as well as a &ldquo;purva-paksha&rdquo; of &nbsp;Western ideas. &ldquo;Purva-paksha&rdquo; is the respectable confrontation of opposite views in a debate&nbsp; whereby a person entering a debate first understands the&nbsp; opponents arguments, then refutes it and finally establishes his or her views or siddhanta. It is both a deep understanding as well as a...]]></description>
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				<title>Responses to - Political Economy of the Saree</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Dear Manushi Friends, I am really surprised at the deep upset and angry outbursts caused by&nbsp;M S Poonia&rsquo;s&nbsp;article&nbsp;&ldquo;The Political Economy of the Saree&rdquo;.&nbsp; Some of the readers wrongly assumed that I had written the article.&nbsp; Several others think the article reflects my personal views on the saree. Let me clarify at the outset that this is not the case.&nbsp; I am a great admirer of the saree as a uniquely sophisticated, gracious and yet simple garment.&nbsp; However, personally I don&rsquo;t...]]></description>
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				<title>Political Economy of the Saree</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[This article is an &nbsp;unusual and sharp critique of &nbsp;the Indian Saree as a garment that is intrinsically designed to enhance women&rsquo;s vulnerability. We realise that some may find this view of the saree controversial and provocative. We welcome your comments and responses. --&nbsp;Editor A dress is not merely a simple piece of cloth or a medium for saving oneself from the vagaries of the weather; it connotes much more than that. It is a medium for exercising power and...]]></description>
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				<title>Khusar-Pusar</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[&quot;Kab poora hua?&quot;&quot;Hafta toh ho hi gaya&quot;&quot;Dekhna bua ni aayi&quot;&quot;Haan.. wo kese aati&quot;&quot;Kyu kya hua? Shaadi pe toh ayi thi&quot;&quot;Gold ring de ke bhaga diya.. ab kyu ayegi&quot;&quot;Acha.. gold ring hi di thi (in whispers)&quot;&quot;Haan (conspiratorial tone) haan thik thak hi thi shaadi&quot;&quot;Chalo hm toh gaye hi ni the&quot;A serious situation turned to gossip. How does someone's death (&lsquo;poora hona' is a colloquial word for someone's death) become an occasion to talk about marriage? How does the joy of a...]]></description>
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				<title>Responses to - Some Thoughts on India's Republic Day</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[We could use a safe public park /parks in different parts of Delhi, such that no one has to travel too far. It should be as inclusive as possible. But to have a people behave within confines of decency, each park activity/activities should be coordinated by various voluntary agencies, who will be able to manage their own children and people they get with them&nbsp; More ways could be thought out. We need to use the public space with more creatively...]]></description>
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				<title>Some Thoughts on India's Republic Day</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I have never felt like celebrating 15th August, Independence Day. For me, coming from a family of Partition refugees, it marks the date of India's Partition. However, I do want to celebrate Republic Day because it is on this date in 1950 that the Indian Constitution came into effect. It is a document held sacred by millions of its citizens, including those of us who think its drafting was an elitist exercise and did not incorporate some of the key...]]></description>
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				<title>Gently Stooped a Shadow Amply Serene</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;This poem was written in response to an article on Lesser Citizens: Indian Migrant Domestic Workers in the UK &nbsp;Wilted looks with missing smileFast aging housemaid arrives lateApple face land lady frets and fumes. She goes from home to home and mansions largeDens of mean cats and well-fed panthersPetty dogs and clever foxesTrading charge of right and wrongBlurring boundaries of hell and homeAnd royal lions with face sternOccasionally roaring, often quiet,Making home a silent grave. Not every day she sweeps...]]></description>
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				<title>ILL Founded Prejudice</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[In recent years, there has been animated debate in the media and certainly within the uniformed fraternity, about the efficacy of having women officers in the armed forces in the first place, leave alone carrying the additional liability of giving them a permanent commission. Whereas there have been some recent, well informed comments about the work charter that women could handle well in the Services, so as to make more men available for tasks that relate to close quarter combat...]]></description>
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