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'Love jihad' law threatens women's freedoms in India
Asia focus, Roli Srivastava, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 01/02/2021
» MUMBAI: When Mehak's parents found out she was having a relationship with a Muslim man, they locked her in her bedroom, seized her phone and bank cards and installed security cameras at their home in northern India.
Politics by the book
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 20/05/2019
» The Indian election that concluded yesterday -- the results of the six-week voting marathon will be announced on Thursday -- has been fought as much on the ground as in the literary space. Publishers have launched dozens of books on politics and elections since January.
Virtual war
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 26/03/2018
» The battle lines have been drawn. On one side are the massed forces of the Indian government, represented by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), tax authorities and other state agencies, along with public and private-sector banks. On the other side are the proponents of an ever-expanding number of decentralised, stateless virtual currencies.