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Hoti: Mistakes in the exhibition affect my family, narratives about protection are banal
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (162+ words) The Minister of Labor, Family and Liberation War Values, Andin Hoti, reported today to the Human Rights Commission regarding the debates over Shk'lzen Gashi's exhibition "Massacres of 1998-1999", saying that some of the errors identified directly affect him and his family....
This Stained Dawn Review | Marching Towards A Feminist Utopia
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (163+ words) This Stained Dawn (2021) is a Pakistani documentary made by Anam Abbas. It follows a few organisers of the "Aurat March, mostly in Karachi, for a couple of weeks leading up to Womens Day. Besides external threats from right wing factions,…...
JKAACL pays rich tribute to eminent Punjabi & Urdu Writer Saran Singh
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (90+ words) Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 7: The Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) today held a meeting at K. L Saigal hall to pay rich tribute to noted Punjabi and Urdu writer Saran Singh (Retd Chief Conservator of Forests and…...
Invisible men and insulted men: : News
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (831+ words) Let us begin by applauding the most disciplined men on earth: Eswatini men. According to public testimony, none of us has ever bought sex. Not once. Not accidentally. Not even with change left over. Yet," somehow" sex work exists. This…...
Popularity of Urdu among Hindus could be seen to be believed at this mushaira in Delhi
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (36+ words) Counterview Popularity of Urdu among Hindus could be seen to be believed at this mushaira in Delhi PAGEVIEWS: LAST 7 DAYS...
Matwaala Mehfil 2025 Celebrates Ten Years Of Matwaala Amplifying South Asian Diaspora Poetry
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (141+ words) Tenth Anniversary in 2025: Breaking new ground The milestone year brings unprecedented recognition and innovation. A staggering 18 events were hosted across the US by poets to celebrate Matwaala's tenth anniversary. Some highlights: " Academy of American Poets partnership with poem-a-day: Poem-a-Day featured…...
Searching For the Lost: On Arrivals, Departures and What We Leave Behind
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (530+ words) She and I are separated this time by 8, 154 miles and three months, she in Iowa, I in Reykjavik. We have been separated by longer and shorter distances and times over our marriage. We like to tell people that the separation…...
Stuck in the manosphere: How patriarchy in India traps both men and women
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (1152+ words) Updated on: 05 April, 2026 09: 07 AM IST  |  Mumbai Akshita Maheshwari | smdmail@mid-day. com Louis Theroux's documentary Inside The Manosphere presents a fringe community of misogynists, incels, and looksmaxxers. In India, however, the patriarchy has always been the mainstream. Casteism, bigotry,…...
How Hansa Mehta Rewrote The Language Of Equality In India
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (791+ words) Quick question: How many of us know about Hansa Mehta? Do we know that before the world learned to say "human beings, this visionary had already fought for that language? Hansa Mehta was born on 3 July 1897 in Surat to Manubhai…...
Historian reframes Malabar: Hindu ruler led Muslim communities
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (210+ words) Panakkal's emphasis on coexistence is not abstract. One of the most evocative examples he cites is from the 1571 capture of the Portuguese fort at Chaliyam, recorded in a war poem by Qadi Muhammad. The episode captures a moment of shared…...