Religious Fundamentalism

  • Rape and the Ideology of the Religious Right

    In these days when we are flooded with reports of rape and other savage attacks against women in India, we thought people would stop, at least for the time being, blaming the women themselves for atrocities committed against them. But we were wrong. Barely a few hours after the ashes of the Delhi rape victim…

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  • Can Sita be the Role Model for Contemporary Women?

    Ram Puniyani Painting: Raja Ravivarma Women’s struggle to break the shackles of patriarchy and come of their own is a part of democratization/secularization process of society. In India while this equality has been granted right with the implementation of Constitution in free India, the social realities are far from those of equality. With the rise…

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