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The Nakba was never only about 1948. It was about displacement becoming permanent, exile becoming inherited and Palestinian loss becoming normalized. Seventy-eight years later, asRead More »Seventy-Eight Years On, the Nakba Is Still Unfolding in Gaza
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For years, West Bengal was the big “what if” in Indian politics. While the BJP was sweeping across the country, Bengal felt like a differentRead More »The Final Frontier: What Bengal’s Verdict Means for Indian Democracy