On Thursday night, actress Sayani Gupta, on Twitter, compared the alleged gang rape of a Dalit woman in Hathras to the script for her film Article 15 after the Uttar Pradesh police officer said the forensic report of the victim did not confirm the rape. Many seemed to agree with …
Read More »Indians on TIME 2020’s 100 Most Influential People List: PM Modi, Ayushman Khurrana, Bilkis and Others
TIME magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people for the year 2020 includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, actor Ayushman Khurrana and Bilkis, who emerged as the face of the Shaheen Bagh protests. Prime Minister Modi has remained under the ‘leaders’ alongside US President Donald Trump, US Attorney General William …
Read More »Hour 100: Yes, there are PM Modi on the list, but guess who the other Indians are
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 23, 2020 3:37:14 pm However, the magazine has no kind words for Modi, saying that while “almost all of India’s prime ministers come from the nearly 80% of the population that is Hindu, only Modi has ruled as if no …
Read More »Who is Bilkis, Shaheen Bagh’s ‘dadi’ included in TIME’s most influential people list?
Written by Somya Lakhani, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 23, 2020 2:41:02 pm Bilkis (right) in Shaheen Bagh on January 14, 2020 (Express Photo: Somya Lakhani) Even as Delhi faced the coldest winter in more than a century, 82-year-old Bilkis, with a smile on her …
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