eye on the news “We Can’t Afford to Look Away” A conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali on mass migration and the erosion of women’s rights in Europe The Social Order Few have the courage and audacity of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has consistently challenged both the extremely conservative cultural norms in Islamic societies and the radical leftism rising in the West today. Her background as a Somali refugee growing up in a Muslim household, as a politician in the Netherlands, and as a citizen and scholar in the United States has given her a unique perspective in exploring these complex issues. Her new book,
Vilification of Manu: A time travel to denounce women’s subjugation (Part 2) March 8, 2021, 1:35 PM IST Dr. Subhradipta Sarkar is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. An LL.B. from the University of Calcutta, he holds LL.M., M.Phil. & Ph.D. degrees from NLSIU, Bengaluru. He started his professional career as a Law Researcher at People’s Watch, a Madurai based human rights organization, before venturing into academics. Dr. Sarkar has authored a book titled, “Disaster Management and Protection of Human Rights in India – With Reference to International Law and Practice” (Publisher: Thomson Reuters, 2019). He has published several journal articles, book reviews, book chapters and monographs. Dr. Sarkar is a manuscript reviewer with Oxford University Press. He is on the Editorial Board of few academic journals. Further, he is a research consultant with few organizations including NIDM, New Delhi. Besides law, he has keen interest in history, politics and sports. LESS. MORE
Updated: February 21, 2021 07:58 IST Tamil poet-writer-politician Salma’s hard-won personal victories give her voice universal resonance and a unique, reified timbre Share Article AAA Tamil poet-writer-politician Salma’s hard-won personal victories give her voice universal resonance and a unique, reified timbre Scholar Leela Gandhi said that what post-colonial theory “fails to recognize is that what counts as ‘marginal’ in relation to the West has often been central and foundational in the non-West.” This rings true with regard to feminism and its relationship with women from minority communities, whether Muslim or Dalit or Black. While Indian feminists successfully negotiated the mainstream to reposition issues like Sati or widow remarriage as being about women first and about culture and religion after, they hesitated to make the same leaps with, say, triple talaq.