'Same regime that killed #MahsaAmini for showing a bit of her hair...,' wrote an Iranian journalist while others remarked on opulence of event while many Iranians struggle to get by.
Row has sparked fresh trouble for Siddaramaiah govt at a time when dissatisfaction is brewing among Lingayats, Vokkaligas, Brahmins over purportedly leaked findings from caste survey.
JNU scholar and Essex University Fellow Ruchika Sharma’s trial on X isn’t the only one. But it is symptomatic of a larger distortion in Indian public debate of late.
There is the fight against authoritarianism, and then there are 'liberal' Muslim women who ar supposed to be allies. Sadly, diluting the debate distracts one from the core issue.
Marking the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, a joint statement by Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US urged the Iranian government to end the use of force to enforce the hijab requirement.
The fully-veiled woman was shot at the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand station. Commuters had reported her 'uttering aggressive, jihadist comments, a French govt spokesperson said.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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