Issue 145

Readers’ Responses

When Religions Claim Superiority
Preconditions for Genuine Interfaith Harmony
MADHU PURNIMA KISHWAR

The Beauty Obsession
International Standards for Fair and Lovely
SUSAN RUNKLE

New Buddhism for New Aspirations
Navayana Buddhism of Ambedkar and His Followers
VIRGINIA HANCOCK

War and Wombs
Lessons from Pakistan and Burma
SHIRIN

Part V: Five Holy Virgins, Five Sacred Myths
Living by Their Own Norms
Unique Powers of the Panchkanyas
PRADIP BHATTACHARYA

Still a Male Preserve
Women in Bangladeshi News Industry
PRADIP KUMAR PANDAY

Short Story: Shanti! Shanti!
FATIMA M. NORONHA

The Girl From Kathua

About the Book:

On January 10, 2018, a little girl allegedly disappeared in Kathua district of Jammu province. Even before her body was recovered a week later, a sinister narrative was launched alleging that the girl was abducted, gang raped and killed by ‘RSS-minded’ Hindus in a Hindu temple. Talib Hussain, a PDP-Hurriyat activist with criminal antecedents led the campaign, in which Patwari Sanji Ram was declared as the ‘mastermind’.

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