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Women who have been raped want justice more than sympathy. They want their rapists to be shamed, not have to bear the burden of stigma on themselves. They want rape to be treated as it is: an awful crime. A crime minus the added sting of honour.

He is so good for north American conferences, especially the inter-disciplinary ones where sociologists, historians, economists, anthropologists, and philosophers, not to mention the lit crits, can set aside their vanities and find a common diction in Perry Anderson’s histmat. Even if you’re not a professor, his books are wonderful for vocabulary building, phrase stoppers and seminar slogans:

Why do we even wonder why sectarian violence is expanding in our country, claiming thousands of lives – mainly of Shias – over the past decade?

ToxicsWatch Alliance (TWA)
To
Dr Manmohan Singh Prime Minister Government of India New Delhi
September 17, 2012
Subject: Ban production, trade in products contaminated with radioactive element & hazardous waste
Sir,
This is with reference to detection of consignment of stainless steel and aluminum products contaminated with an artificial radioactive element at the Colombo harbor in the cargo which was imported from India as per the report of September 16, 2012 published in (…)