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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

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    This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings

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    Are our pampered pets really living their best life?

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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

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    Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world

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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

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    A Swiss court’s decision on use of a pesticide sends a hopeful message to Indian farmers

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    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate

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    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

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Watch: Protests break out across India against hijab ban for college students in Karnataka

From Kashmir to Kolkata, women came out on the streets to march against the decision.

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Feb 12, 2022 · 11:48 am
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Students of #JadavpurUniversity #CalcuttaUniversity #PresidencyUniversity have taken out a protest rally in #Kolkata over #Karnataka #HijabRow. Protest rally fronted by female students with banners and posters reading “ #Hijab hum pehnege, hum Inquilab hai” pic.twitter.com/nLc3RDuGt5

— Tamal Saha (@Tamal0401) February 11, 2022

Protest in #Shopian_Kashmir support of #Hijab #HijabisOurRight pic.twitter.com/nUXy0DPIdm

— Mohammed Hussain (@hussain_hrw) February 11, 2022

Protest at Aligarh Muslim University: Hijab is our Constitutional Right pic.twitter.com/SUqwYJblPk

— MeghUpdates🚨™ (@MeghBulletin) February 11, 2022

Hijab is our Right @GIOTelangana protest against #hijab based discrimination pic.twitter.com/0tEjxDbRMC

— Nuha Gulam (@NuhaGulam27) February 6, 2022
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