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Annie Zaidi

Annie Zaidi

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Annie Zaidi is known for her collection of essays, Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales, which was short-listed for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2010.

By Annie Zaidi

Tribute, inspiration, and theft: The curious case of Bollywood song lyrics

Filmy music often ‘borrows’ heavily from Urdu and Hindi classics, and folk music.

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Why the campaign to install a Mangal Pandey statue in Lucknow shows more than one can play Hindu card

A gauntlet has been thrown in front of Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh.

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Why has India forgotten Ganesh Shankar 'Vidyarthi', the journalist who died trying to stop a riot?

He represents both an ideal and a dilemma for scribes of the day.

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Triple talaq bill: Why AIMPLB is to blame for letting Modi government make a mess of gender equality

By refusing to take up the concerns of its own community seriously, it has ceded both moral and legal ground.

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How India shows women her place

A person who does not get to choose her/his sexual mate is a slave.

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We are all living inside a rape story

All these stories are told and retold, and enacted and reviewed every day, everywhere.

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If: A poem on learning to be a man

Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's 'If'.

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Tough questions to Arvind Kejriwal: Spell out your personal politics

I am judging you as I judge all politicians - through statements and silences, through action and inaction.

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Dear Muslim women: Don't stop at triple talaq. Go beyond divorce

The real battle is to correct labour and wage imbalances. Fight for inheritance and your right to work.

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What the Indian male colleague doesn't get about sexual harassment at the workplace

If you want casual sex, do not approach women on your team.

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