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Haq – rights, read correctly

Haq arrives on Netflix quietly, without the chest-thumping marketing that usually accompanies films dealing with faith, gender and law. That perhaps works to its advantage. Directed by Suparn Verma (The Family Man), the film takes inspiration from the landmark Shah Bano case of 1985 and Jigna Vora’s book Bano: Bharat Ki Beti, but chooses to…

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Modi & Women Empowerment: Indigestible to a Discredited Opposition

By Alekya Pratap Neelakantam No honest observer can claim that all is hunky-dory on women’s issues in India. Isolated atrocities continue to scar society and demand collective introspection. Yet, to deny the scale, intent, and continuity of the Narendra Modi government’s push for women’s empowerment would be willful blindness. For decades, successive governments spoke the…

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Time for Modi to Clarify BJP’s Stand on ‘Parivar’ Politics

Few political slogans have defined the Bharatiya Janata Party’s rise as sharply as its relentless attack on dynast or parivar politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, more than anyone else, has weaponised this narrative—projecting himself as the antithesis of inherited power, a leader who rose from the margins, armed only with merit, discipline and political instinct….

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Settled principles of international law can’t be violated unilaterally: Cong on US action in Venezuela

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday expressed “grave concern” over the US action in Venezuela and said settled principles of international law cannot be violated unilaterally. Congress general secretary communications Jairam Ramesh said, “The INC expresses very grave concern on US actions relating to Venezuela in the past 24 hours.” “Settled principles of international law…

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BJP Condemns AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s Provocative Remarks

Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Telangana, on Saturday strongly condemned the highly irresponsible and provocative statement made by Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, wherein he allegedly suggested that if the United States could capture the President of Venezuela from his palace in Caracas, India should similarly capture the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack…

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