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SAWM India stands in solidarity with women who have over the past few days come out with their accounts of workplace sexual harassment. We have noted with deep concern the patriarchal and offensive behaviour of men within the journalistic…

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A day after the Congress declared that the Bharat Bandh it had called on Monday enjoyed the support of 21 opposition parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party struck a sour note, indicating that the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition being…

It is Friday afternoon at 6, Zi Wa Ka Road, about a kilometre away from Shwedagon Pagoda, Theravada Buddhism’s stunning showpiece in the middle of Yangon, Myanmar. Men, women and children are streaming in and out through the gate, which is…

By Geeta Mohan To accommodate those travelling from around the world to attend the Kumbh Mela and Republic Day, the date for the 15th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas convention has been moved from January 9 to January 21 to 23. While Pravasi…

IN a crowded cafe in the A K K Mall in downtown Yangon, squeezed on a table between strangers, a pro-democracy activist looks around warily and warns that talking about the Rohingya in a public place is not a good idea. He says it would be…

UN’s Senior Humanitarian Coordinator Sumbul Rizvi warns of a humanitarian crisis ahead of cyclone season. A year since nearly a million Rohingya refugees poured into Bangladesh, the situation is yet to stabilise, and the impending cyclone…