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Not Modi's India Anymore

Not Modi's India Anymore

New Internationalist — Not Modi's India Anymore A 31-year-old Muslim woman, Bijoli Bano ekes out a living as a domestic worker in the satellite town of Noida in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, while her husband works as a driver.
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Sadaf Jafar, a woman who would not be silenced

Sadaf Jafar, a woman who would not be silenced

nationalheraldindia.com — Is it because Jafar's voice had constantly rang out from Lucknow, sometimes reaching thousands through her Facebook videos, resisting divisive politics, injustices, even arbitrary arrests? Jafar has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath's Hindutva politics, much before she aligned herself with the Congress.
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A numbers game

A numbers game

New Internationalist — A numbers game Deepika Singh learnt to sign her name during one of India's frenetic mass literacy campaigns in the early 2000s. The 45-year-old remembers practising for months in order to write her name on a form that would then declare her literate.
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What's next for Indians living under Modi?

What's next for Indians living under Modi?

New Internationalist — What's next for Indians living under Modi? On Thursday, Narendra Modi took the oath for his second term as India's prime minister. On 23 May, the Indian electorate gave Modi and his rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a second mandate, following one of the longest elections in the world, spread over seven phases.
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How women in India demanded-and are getting-safer streets

How women in India demanded-and are getting-safer streets

National Geographic — This story is part of our November 2019 special issue of National Geographic magazine, "Women: A Century of Change." Read more storieshere. The young women lined up in an awkward half circle, six of them pulling at their long tunics, fidgeting with their scarves.
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India: men and #MeToo

India: men and #MeToo

New Internationalist — India: men and #MeToo In October, right after a second wave of #MeToo had hit Indian newsrooms and taken down a few top editors and journalists, a post was doing the rounds. 'As long as women who accuse men of sexual attacks are believed without evidence or due process, no man is safe,' it read.
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May 23 Will Not Be a Defining Moment in the History of Secular India

May 23 Will Not Be a Defining Moment in the History of Secular India

The Wire (India) — Exit polls on Sunday evening predicted a second landslide win for the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, renewing a question that was asked repeatedly over the past few weeks: whether India can handle another five years of Modi. Here's the short answer. Yes, it can.
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Time is money

Time is money

New Internationalist — Time is money Indians' lack of punctuality is so infamous that the acronym IST, which stands for Indian Standard Time, is often jokingly expanded as Indian Stretchable Time. I experienced this version of IST for the first time in 2003. I had trekked the 50-kilometre distance from central Delhi to Noida for an interview at 10 am.
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Time is money

Time is money

New Internationalist — Time is money Indians' lack of punctuality is so infamous that the acronym IST, which stands for Indian Standard Time, is often jokingly expanded as Indian Stretchable Time. I experienced this version of IST for the first time in 2003. I had trekked the 50-kilometre distance from central Delhi to Noida for an interview at 10 am.
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