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Aarefa Johari

Aarefa Johari is a Scroll.in staffer.

Can premenstrual syndrome cause insanity? The problem with Rajasthan High Court’s judgement

In an order last week, the court acquitted a woman of murder on the grounds that she was suffering from PMS.

Aarefa Johari
· Aug 08, 2018 · 06:30 am
‘This generation has become fearless’: writer Masih Alinejad on the social media movement in Iran

An interview with the renowned Iranian journalist and writer about her social media movement against the hijab in Iran and her new book, ‘The Wind in my Hair’.

Aarefa Johari
· Aug 05, 2018 · 12:30 pm
Facing eviction, residents of a Mumbai Partition-era colony fear they will become homeless again

Even as their homes crumble around them, many of the colony’s 1,008 Punjabi families are resisting the civic body’s evacuation order.

Aarefa Johari
· Aug 01, 2018 · 09:00 am

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