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Irena Akbar
Irena Akbar is a Lucknow-based entrepreneur and a former journalist with The Indian Express.
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Hijab or an education: What choice did Class XII topper Tabassum Shaik really have?Subscriber Only
April 26, 2023 17:57 IST
The hijab ban forced her to give up the headscarf in order to pursue her education. It was a choice born out of circumstance, not privilege
Fri, Apr 28, 2023
Why I protest as a MuslimSubscriber Only
January 03, 2020 03:31 IST
When agenda is written into law, the “wisdom” of not resisting won’t save you. When you are pushed to the wall, you can’t be pushed further. You must rise back.
Fri, Jan 03, 2020
SC’s offer of five-acre plot to compensate for Babri demolition is charity by privileged to the underprivilegedSubscriber Only
November 13, 2019 01:45 IST
Charity is given by the privileged group to the underprivileged group. Thank you, India, for reminding Muslims that privilege can only belong to the majority in a majoritarian state.
Wed, Nov 13, 2019
Secularism is no spectacle: Inclusive India shines through simple, everyday interactionsSubscriber Only
July 11, 2019 01:20 IST
An increasingly majoritarian India, though, seeks to complicate secularism, and burden minorities, especially Muslims, to prove their inclusiveness.
Thu, Jul 11, 2019
Many Muslims have exhausted their capacity to feel fearSubscriber Only
April 26, 2019 00:10 IST
Alienating Muslims, of course, has only been an appendage to the government’s larger project of developing a misplaced sense of Hindu pride - one that depends on the demonisation of Muslims.
Sat, Apr 27, 2019
Let Them Eat Cake, and, Biryani, TooSubscriber Only
December 23, 2018 06:00 IST
There are ways of returning to one’s roots while blending in. Tweaking the cake and yakhni pulao are some.
Sun, Dec 23, 2018
Why this liberal Muslim refuses to be patronised by the liberal HinduSubscriber Only
March 24, 2018 02:02 IST
Comparison of the burka, a symbol of a besieged minority, with the trishul, a symbol of aggressive majoritarianism is callous and insensitive.
Sat, Mar 24, 2018
Inside the mind of the Indian MuslimSubscriber Only
July 08, 2017 10:26 IST
Cornered and demonised, the Indian Muslim struggles between fear and hope. The Indian Muslim is dealing with a silent, undeclared psychological war that the State has unleashed on it.
Sat, Jul 08, 2017
Bring on the burkinis: France unleashing its own brand of misogyny-cum-racismSubscriber Only
August 30, 2016 13:56 IST
In colonial India too, British missionaries campaigned against the “revealing” sari, urged Indian women to “cover up” and “delivered” them from evils such as sati.
Wed, Aug 31, 2016
A ‘love jihad’ ends in peace for couple but many others feel wounded for lifeSubscriber Only
November 20, 2015 00:53 IST
A year later, the love jihad story has fallen flat: the woman and the man, Kaleem, are living together at an undisclosed location in Meerut and are set to get married.
Fri, Nov 20, 2015
‘Like Lalu steals fodder, people think, the poor Bihari will steal petty cash’Subscriber Only
November 08, 2015 00:00 IST
In August 2004, Kunal left Sahrara, his village in Daraunda, Siwan district of Bihar, for Delhi with Rs 10,000 in hand.
Sun, Nov 08, 2015
Her diary: A day in the life of a cow in Noida, Uttar PradeshSubscriber Only
October 18, 2015 00:05 IST
She is now the subject of intense debates and analyses. But this red-skinned bovine with a snipped off tail isn’t listening. She is just eating – at garbage dumps, at the homes of villagers.
Sun, Oct 18, 2015
25 years of Mandal protests- I had no idea what reservation was: Self-immolation survivor Atul AggarwalSubscriber Only
October 04, 2015 00:35 IST
Aggarwal was then a 12-year-old Class VII student and “had no idea” what reservation was. “It had something to do with child psychology,” he says, sitting in his one-room flat in Noida.
Sun, Oct 04, 2015
Going school-to-school to sensitise children on abuse, harassmentSubscriber Only
September 06, 2015 02:55 IST
Most complaints are generic — of shopkeepers passing lewd comments when the girls walk back home or go for tuitions.
Sun, Sep 06, 2015
2006 Meerut fire accident: ‘If my mother is not dead, why can’t they find her?’Subscriber Only
August 30, 2015 00:06 IST
It took 20 hearings for the lower court to declare Tayal’s mother dead...the district adminis-tration has appealed against the decision.
Sun, Aug 30, 201519 years of protest: The longest one-man dharnaSubscriber Only
August 16, 2015 19:28 IST
Singh's demand: Return 4,000 bighas of land in his village Chausana, in Shamli district, UP, from the mafia to the government, so that it can be used for the benefit of the villagers.
Thu, Oct 08, 2015‘Burqa rapper’ Sofia Ashraf is face of viral Nicky Minaj parody videoSubscriber Only
August 07, 2015 04:20 IST
Ashraf now looks forward to writing content for digital media and television, and rapping on the side whenever she gets a project she believes in.
Fri, Aug 07, 2015
‘Indian’ Kalam and ‘Muslim’ MemonSubscriber Only
August 06, 2015 16:04 IST
One was the people's president, the architect of our nuclear programme, and the other was a 'blood-thirsty terrorist' who financed his brother's sinister plans to bomb Mumbai.
Thu, Aug 06, 2015
A book in hand or size of top?Subscriber Only
June 29, 2015 17:59 IST
The bigger question is whether there should be any uniform or dress code at all. Should there be any restrictions whatsoever on what one should wear or not to college?
Mon, Jun 29, 2015
‘Either Allah cures them or takes them back’Subscriber Only
May 31, 2015 00:16 IST
Tabassum and Mohammed Nazir tell Irena Akbar why they want mercy killing for their six children, suffering from a rare neurological disorder
Mon, Jun 01, 2015
Muzaffarnagar: Village debates a ‘love story’, two deathsSubscriber Only
May 07, 2015 04:08 IST
They were going around for five-six years. Everyone knew it. And so did their families, says one of the villager.
Thu, May 07, 2015
Old head on new bodySubscriber Only
April 19, 2015 00:00 IST
Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero is set to perform the world’s first head transplant — on 30-year-old Russian Valery Spridinov (inset), who suffers from a genetic muscle-wasting disease.
Sun, Apr 19, 2015
‘Finding’ the ‘lost’ Urdu: But did the language ever really go away?Subscriber Only
February 17, 2015 17:39 IST
What has been dying is not the language, but the credit given to the language.
Tue, Feb 17, 2015
538 and smilingSubscriber Only
February 01, 2015 00:07 IST
IRENA AKBAR follows a Ghaziabad police team in its unique operation, now replicated across the country, to bring missing children back to their families
Sun, Feb 01, 2015
Terror of hypocrisySubscriber Only
January 19, 2015 00:00 IST
Stop demanding condemnation from all Muslims when a few commit acts of violence
Mon, Jan 19, 2015Journalism of Courage
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