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The impact of Karnataka’s hijab ban

Six students challenging the ban in court have faced intimidation, harassment, and assault.

| Oct 18, 2022

Lewis-Kuznets meet Gandhi-Ambedkar

A report looks at the state of India’s workers amid the employment crisis.

The waiting game in Kodagu

On the August 2018 floods that devastated the coffee country in Karnataka.

| Oct 19, 2018

Silence in the places of men

Chasing what keeps people quiet.

| Oct 01, 2011

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