vigilantism has grown so fast in the last few years that its new forms differ not just in degree from the earlier versions, but also in kind.
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India: Over to the vigilante
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Bangladesh: The govt should not have removed the Lady Justice Statue from its initial location and should now firmly stand up against fundamentalists
28 May 2017The removal and then re-installation of the Lady of Justice statue within 24 hours shows signs of a confused govt against fundamentalist demands. The govt should now resolutely stand up against Hefazat-e-Islam
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Pakistan: The secular myth
by , 28 May 2017IN a recent address, Chaudhry Nisar hit out at political opponents by classifying them as ‘secular’ and equating the term with ‘non-believing’. Clearly, the interior minister needs tuition in history and political philosophy.
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Photo of 1911 Banner of British Indian Suffragettes and 1913 photo of Sophia Duleep Singh
28 May 2017In England there were women of colour like Indian princess Sophia Duleep Singh who worked alongside better known white suffragettes like Emmeline Pankhurst in the struggle for women’s right to vote in Britain for rights of women in India
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On the Passing of Jawaharlal Nehru reports by Granville S. Austin, Victor Anant and the front covers of The Times of India and The Economist
27 May 2017PDF version of the report from Delhi the well known scholar Granville Austin, report by Victor Anant for The Guardian, Front covers of The Times of India and The Economist
