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Afshan Ashiq is a rising soccer star, but she is perhaps most famous for throwing a rock. In April last year, Ms Ashiq was escorting female soccer players to training in her home state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) when
For tor the past ten days, whenever I have wished to go into town, to interview a separatist leader or take in a clash between police and young protesters, I have first had to play the tourist for a moment.
On June 14, for the second year in a row, the far-right Hindu nationalist group Hindu Sena will throw a birthday party for US President Donald Trump. Last year’s party was small but lavish, with a seven-kilogram birthday cake, countless
On the edge of Rishikesh, in the foothills of the Himalayas, lies an overgrown ashram reminiscent of the great ruins of the Mayans. Fifty years ago this year, the Beatles arrived at this unlikely location at the invitation of the
As punishments go, it was cruel and unusual. Earlier this year, Kamala Girls’ School in Kolkata, West Bengal, forced ten of its students to sign a “confession letter” in which they “admitted” to being lesbians. The acting headmistress, Sikha Sarkar,