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In MP, ‘panch patis’ of 15 elected women take oath

by August 7, 2022 0

In a bizarre reflection of bigotry in Madhya Pradesh’s hinterland, at least 15 women who were elected as panchs and sarpanchs in Dhar and Damoh districts sat in the audience or stayed home as their husbands – dubbed ‘Panch Patis’ – took oath on the Constitution, right under the noses of government officials.

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Why Mumbai is a draw for Muharram preachers

by August 7, 2022 0

Recently, a journalist joked to leading Shia scholar and preacher Maulana Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi that there is no place on earth where Islam reached and he (Gharavi) has not gone, too. Jokes apart, Muharram majlises or assemblies across the world scramble to get him for the initial days of Muharram to deliver the sermons. “There...

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