Dividing Lines

Why redrawn electoral boundaries in Assam have confirmed Muslim legislators’ worst fears

The exercise is likely to lead to 10-11 fewer Muslim MLAs in the Assembly, they believe.

Rokibuz Zaman
· Sep 15, 2023 · 06:30 am
Why Assam’s BJP government is counting members of four Muslim communities

Excluded from the list are Muslims of Bengali origin, raising questions over whether the move is aimed at isolating them further.

Arunabh Saikia
· Feb 12, 2020 · 09:00 am
A 19th-century fortified line in Cuba is a lesson for Trump – walls divide but are not impenetrable

The history of the Trocha shows how barriers can split nations in damaging ways.

Alberto P Marti, The Conversation
· Jun 29, 2019 · 11:30 pm

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An elite Indian school has an absurd rule – boys and girls must be separated by a metre

Pallikoodam, widely considered a a liberal and culturally progressive school, has issued some regressive diktats.

Manu Balachandran, qz.com
· Sep 24, 2015 · 09:30 pm