Troubled waters: Why 32 drought-hit Gujarat villages are not getting promised supply from Narmada

Officials claim the villages are not eligible for the canal water but maps show otherwise.

Aarefa Johari

· Yesterday · 10:30 am

The Muslim Law Board has proposed a social boycott of men who use triple talaq – but is this legal?

The Supreme Court in 1962 struck down a law banning excommunications. But Maharashtra criminalised social boycotts last year.

Aarefa Johari

· May 25, 2017 · 06:30 am

Metal cows and attacks: Ten months since the Una assault, cow politics still stalks Gujarat’s Dalits

The victims of the July assault have faced three more attacks while some Dalit activists are rallying against ‘fake’ cow vigilantism.

Aarefa Johari

· May 20, 2017 · 09:00 am

Triple talaq case: Model nikahnamas exist, but most brides have no say in their marriage contracts

The Muslim Personal Law Board claims that wives can protect themselves from triple talaq through their nikahnamas, but does this ideal work on the ground?

Aarefa Johari

· May 19, 2017 · 09:00 am

Attacks, bans, censorship: On World Press Freedom Day, a report on India’s ‘shrinking liberty’

The Hoot takes note of attacks on journalists, internet shutdowns, rising sedition cases and more in the last 16 months.

Aarefa Johari

· May 03, 2017 · 07:30 am

Understanding triple talaq (and domestic violence) through the stories of three Muslim women

Can the practice of unilateral divorce among some Muslims be confronted without looking at societal norms that make women stay in abusive marriages?

Aarefa Johari

· May 01, 2017 · 10:30 am

Draupadi and sati: How politicians and clerics hijacked Muslim women’s fight against triple talaq

The recent cacophony over the practice of unilateral, instantaneous divorce among the Muslim community has pushed women’s voices to the sidelines.

Aarefa Johari

· Apr 18, 2017 · 06:36 pm

Victory for 2,700 sanitation workers in Mumbai as Supreme Court grants them permanent jobs

It has taken the workers 10 years to get relief from an exploitative contract system followed by the Mumbai municipal corporation.

Aarefa Johari

· Apr 11, 2017 · 10:30 am

Is Bollywood adequately equipped to address sexual harassment complaints?

The alleged molestation complaint against filmmaker Vikas Bahl raises pertinent questions about a largely unorganised film industry.

Aarefa Johari

· Apr 09, 2017 · 11:00 am

Are India's anti-rape laws as draconian as Madhu Kishwar says they are?

A petition in the Delhi High Court has challenged the constitutional validity of the 2013 amendments to rape laws, triggering a debate among women's groups.

Aarefa Johari

· Apr 07, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Why has the Rajasthan police filed an FIR against the victims of the Alwar lynching?

This case was filed before the police decided to register an FIR against the mob of cow vigilantes who assaulted Pehlu Khan and four other dairy farmers.

Aarefa Johari

· Apr 06, 2017 · 10:05 pm

'It is like feeding us to the sharks': India's plan to deport 40,000 Rohingya refugees draws flak

Sending the persecuted community back to Myanmar would be a violation of international laws, say human rights organisations.

Aarefa Johari

· Apr 06, 2017 · 10:30 am