A woman's battle against Bohra priestly tyranny

Zehra Cyclewala is a leading figure in the reformist movement against the tyranny of Syedna Burhanuddin, the head-priest (dai-e-mutlaq) of the Daudi Bohra Ismaili Shia sect. In a conversation with......

Rama Singh wins top Hamilton honour

Dr Rama Singh, founder of the Gandhi Peace festival, is the winner of this year's Hamilton Mundialization World Citizenship Award.Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger presented him the medallion. Singh......

Tragedy took the veil off these women

Rasheeda Bee never went out of her home unescorted until the Bhopal gas tragedy.Coming from a conservative Muslim family, she began wearing a veil at the age of seven and got married to a tailor......