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Author: Mira Mandal

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Supporters of Hindi nationalist RSS – Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh – perform Shastra Puja weapon worship rituals on the occasion of Vijayadashmi, 15 October 2021, Amritsar, India (photo: Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times)

Modi's India

Authoritation pseudo-democracy in the making?

India is generally considered to be the world’s largest democracy. As civic freedoms are being eroded, international experts now consider it seriously under threat. By Mira MandalMore

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    Less 'clash of civilisations', more rift

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    Faith meets politics on Djerba

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    From child refugee to professional footballer

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    Iran and Islamists a threat to Gulf safe haven

  5. Female scholars in Islam

    Unsung guardians of the 'true' tradition

  6. Egyptian army and the Muslim Brotherhood

    Competitors in common

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    Unsung guardians of the 'true' tradition

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    Less 'clash of civilisations', more rift

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    Iran and Islamists a threat to Gulf safe haven

  4. Jewish pilgrimage to Tunisia

    Faith meets politics on Djerba

  5. Afghan soccer star "Nadia"

    From child refugee to professional footballer

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    Hardly a ruler in waiting

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A lot of work for very little: tightly packed, colourful fishing trawlers bob gently on the water in Negombo's Lellama harbour. Since the financial crisis in Sri Lanka intensified, things are not looking good for the fishermen who work here. After three weeks at sea, each returns home from the gruelling trip with just 40,000 Sri Lanka rupees (130 U.S. dollars)

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Sri Lanka's worst financial crisis since 1948 is bringing many fishermen to the brink of destitution, even though they themselves contribute to feeding the country's people and export fish to a dozen countries. By Claudia Dehn

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