42 years on, the desecration of the holy Sikh worship place ‘Golden Temple’ in Amritsar reminds the world about one of the most heinous minority persecutions of Indian history. Operation “Blue Star” is widely perceived by the Sikh community as the defining moment of state-sponsored oppression in India because it involved a direct, unprovoked military […]
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The Bulge Under The Rug: On the Repression and Mutation of Shame
Shame and violence are natural emotions that have always gone hand-in-hand. Nearly two decades ago, as a young child, I recall the first time I witnessed and learned how shame manifests into violence, in the physical and verbal abuse my father would impose upon my mother. (My father would impose his cowardice, not to be […]
Saudi Arabia gears up to end women driving ban
Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive from Sunday, ending the world’s only ban on female motorists, a historic reform marred by what rights groups call an expanding crackdown on activists. Overturning the decades-long ban, a glaring symbol of repression against women, is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s much-trumpeted reform drive to modernise […]