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Beauty, Femininity and the Politics of ‘Desire’

by rti_adminon February 12, 2020March 20, 20230

Noel Mariam George The recent crowning of a biracial black woman as Miss World made news as it made full circle with four other wins by biracial black and black women in the biggest beauty pageant. Not many understand beauty pageants as political; however what can be more political than a contest in which nations …

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Caste in Urdu Prose Literature (Part 2)

by rti_adminon October 3, 2011March 20, 20230

by Ajmal Kamal Premchand (1880 – 1936) can be counted as a sympathetic voice against caste discrimination, although in recent times the Dalit circles in India are reported to have severely criticized him for being less than sensitive to the miserable life of the lower castes in the rural North India. However, in his writings …