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Ankit Saxena was killed in west Delhi’s Khyala area on Thursday night [1 Feb 2018] allegedly by the family members of a woman with whom he was in a relationship.

FGM/C is risky and harmful. FGM/C has long been internationally recognized as a form of violence and discrimination against women and girls. It gravely affects women’s sexual pleasure, and their physical, & psychological well-being. It has been banned by a number of countries where the practice occurs, including Egypt, where Bohras trace part of their ancestry.

Cameras in classroom is the wrong answer. We lose all chances of reform if we isolate and pillory the teacher

This slim memoir spanning a few months in 1971 is noteworthy for its insider view on the failed first insurrection of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP—Peoples Liberation Front), or more exactly its repression somewhere remote from Colombo and the southwest, by a principal participant. The author was then Government Agent, that is the top-most administrative official, in undivided Vavuniya