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‘Homebound’ shows how oppression teaches us to hate ourselves
Recently, I took myself to watch Neeraj Ghaywan’s latest film Homebound, whose storyline I can describe as not only heartbreaking but also defiant, considering the current political climate of India. Of course I had to watch this film, not because I heard good reviews, but because it is based on Kashmiri journalist Basharat Peer’s NYT…
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How are Muslim women reclaiming Islamic interpretations of gender?
The clash between what we know as feminism and Islam has for decades centred around whether women have rights in Islam and how the interpretations of the Qur’an, view women second to men. Conversations around this topic usually flare up when issues surrounding the hijab or talaq (divorce) enter the news cycle. Often, these are reduced to…
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The love-hate relationship of Muslim men with Andrew Tate
As I type this piece, Romanian prosecutors are building a case of human trafficking against self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate. He is also facing a charge of rape, while being accused of running a prostitution ring. In a normal world, Tate would, at the very least, be a disgraced celebrity and a persona non-grata. But we…
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Firebrand
My earliest memory of Nanima is that of her coming to pick us from the airport. Always dressed in a plain but faintly printed georgette sari, she would reach the old Begumpet Airport well in advance, waiting patiently for us to emerge from the arrivals terminal. She used to arrive in the quintessential Indian car…
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Journalism ethics as a mobile app: why one Turkish student journalist decided to venture into game journalism
Originally posted on Online Journalism Blog: Game journalism — using games to inform audiences about current news events — has become an established form. But few games are created to simulate the experience of journalists themselves — and even fewer still are launched while the author is still a student. In a guest post for…
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On the way to Thekkady: Day 4
26 August 2017. We left Munnar for a place called Thekkady. I’ll keep this travel diary short because, as our driver Gopinath had suggested, there isn’t much to see in Thekkady. “Thekkady only boating saar”, he had told my father in his broken English with a thick Malayali accent. He meant that Thekkady is good…
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