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Honour killing: India's continuing shame Print E-mail
Monday, 30 November 2009 00:00
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by Spriha Srivastava

Just a couple of days back I was reading about an incident where a village girl was burnt alive by her neighbours because she had a relationship with a boy from a different caste. In another case, a boy’s hands and legs were chopped off by the residents for marrying a girl from their village. These are just two examples from a bagful of many more cases that occur every day.

Last Updated on Sunday, 06 December 2009 22:23
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A long walk through bigotry Print E-mail
Friday, 27 November 2009 01:00
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BNP leader Nick Griffin

When Dina Begum visited Barking and Dagenham in East London, she was alarmed by signs of racism and intolerance

Last Updated on Sunday, 06 December 2009 22:24
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Straight white men - an oppressed minority? Print E-mail
Friday, 20 November 2009 01:00
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What happens when straight white men wake to find that far from being rulers of the gang, they are, in fact, a minority?

By Laurie Penny

Last Updated on Monday, 30 November 2009 12:50
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Wasting money, freedom and security Print E-mail
Monday, 16 November 2009 00:00
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How police surveillance of peaceful protestors in the UK puts our lives as well as freedoms in danger - a personal view from someone who watched them do it

By Alex Holland

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2009 11:15
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Harry’s Race to the Bottom: the bullies who drive blogs Print E-mail
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by Laurie Penny

Today's monotheistic patriarchal desert religions were not designed with the Internet in mind. In the sandy days of yore when Isaac and Ishmael were going their separate ways across Canaan, a RAM was something you sacrificed and Google was the noise that your enemies made as you slit their throats for worshipping the local animal deities. It’s safe to say that the ancient prophets probably didn’t envision their followers, three millennia on, hacking out their politics in the comments threads of liberal websites.

Last Updated on Monday, 16 November 2009 01:30
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Inverted thoughtcrime and the invention of racism Print E-mail
Monday, 02 November 2009 00:00
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by Eamonn Dwyer

‘What is your name?’

‘Why do you need my name?’

‘Because I am calling the police.’

‘About what?’

‘Because you are a racist.’

Last Updated on Wednesday, 02 December 2009 04:44
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Three cheers for Pakistan’s NGOs Print E-mail
Friday, 16 October 2009 12:30
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by Anwar Akhtar

Downtown Karachi
I’ve just returned from a month in Pakistan, where I met incredible people working in NGOs, from arts, educational, heritage and cultural organisations to citizen groups running school projects and women’s welfare groups.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 October 2009 19:18
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London Orbital Print E-mail
Wednesday, 07 October 2009 01:00
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Londoner Dina Begum ventures beyond the M25 and discovers a lot about her home city in the process.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 07 October 2009 23:43
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Music for Positive Change Print E-mail
Monday, 28 September 2009 00:33
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Music can ring in the changes for Pakistan. But will its leaders stand up for performing artists? Pakistani columnist Masood Hasan makes the case

Last Updated on Thursday, 01 October 2009 16:08
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