The controversy over Dera Sacha Sauda, the breakaway Sikh sect, has only just begun to wind down. Early May saw a frenzy over Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who
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Women Unlimited, 2007
Just before the start of the Seventh National Conference of Women's Movements, held in September last year in Calcutta, the
Religious fundamentalism is an elusive concept, inherently influenced by subjective perceptions. Rationalised by the converts, scorned and dismissed by the liberals, the representation of religion in the popular narrative has
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In last month's issue, Kanak Mani Dixit and Sripad Dharmadhikary fluently illuminated the enduring legacy engendered by centralised dam projects in Southasia: mass displacement
Many of us in the left, particularly in Southasia, have chosen to understand the rise of violent Islamic fundamentalism as a response to poverty, unemployment, poor access to justice, lack
