Author: Tasneem Ali

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Women's Rights Current Affairs Human Rights Social Justice

What does India’s Epidemic of Casteist Violence Mean for Women?

TW: sexual assault, rape, murder.

The caste system negatively impacts Dalits on an educational, economic, and societal level but the women of lower-caste background in particular suffer as the intersections between their caste and their gender identity place them at the bottom of Indian society.

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History Politics Social Justice

Winston Churchill: Saviour or Satan?

Winston Churchill
A demonstrator holds up a sign next to a statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square during a Black Lives Matter protest in London, following the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, London, Britain, June 7, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Following the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol, Churchill has been at the centre of debates highlighting divisions over his legacy. Several historical accounts demonstrate his racist ideology which makes a compelling case that it may finally be the time we have a reckoning with the problematic history of popular figures in Britain.