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Bengal’s 2021 Post-Poll Violence: Urgent Justice for Silenced Women Survivors
This rewritten long-form article examines the allegations of sexual violence and intimidation after the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections through a factual, academic, and survivor-centred lens. It highlights testimonies reported by Organiser while carefully distinguishing allegations from legally proven guilt. The piece explains why post-poll violence must be understood not only as partisan conflict but…
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Slave Narratives That Shatter Pro-Slavery Myths: The Brutal Reality Behind Hammond’s Claims
James Henry Hammond claimed slavery was more humane than wage labor, but slave narratives decisively refute that myth. Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, and Charles Ball document a regime of terrorfloggings, family separations, and sexual violencethat annihilated personhood. The cotton field’s quotas and punishments expose the falsehood of paternalistic care. The slave market’s inspections and routine…
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How Operation Polo Aborted a Pakistan in South India
The article explores the historical intricacies behind the liberation of Hyderabad, shedding light on the oppressive regime of the Nizams and the atrocities committed by the Razakars against the Hindu populace. It discusses the missed opportunity of the Marathas to dismantle the Nizam’s rule, attributing it to historical factors that allowed the Nizams’ sustained dominance.…