Women are leading protests against Modi's government in India — and it's not the first time women have been at the forefront of political...
New Delhi — “I never imagined that my identity as a Muslim would make me fear for my life,” said activist Zainab Siddiqui, 31.
In December 2019, India's parliament passed a new citizenship law that has brought hundreds of thousands of people to the streets in...
Protests anodize democracy from arbitrary action, however the Court held that there is a need to balance this right with other concerns.
Indians protesting against the new citizenship law and verification policies at Shaheen Bagh, a Muslim-majority neighborhood in Delhi that became the iconic...
India's women have taken the lead in speaking out for people who will be affected by a controversial citizenship law.
Thanks to a strong oral Urdu literary tradition in South Asia, poems from the past linger in the popular imagination.
The mainly Muslim neighbourhood, once the site of a months-long sit-in, now draws foodies from around the world.
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From activists and lawyers to students, housewives and grandmothers, both Hindu and Muslim, women across India have been at the forefront of the resistance to...
A prolonged, women-led sit-in protest in Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and NRC. Prominent leaders/supporters: Bilkis Bano and other local women, students and citizens who joined and supported the protest, several student volunteers and activists across the country.
