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Ahona Sengupta

Ahona Sengupta is a journalist with News18.com. She writes on gender, crime and politics.

- India
- August 16, 2021, 12:52 IST
'They Kill Us, Feed Us to Dogs': Afghan Woman Who Was Shot, Eyes Gouged Out Says Return of Taliban Spells Doom
The Taliban has recently said that they have relaxed their stance on women's rights, but have signalled their intention to deny girls' education past the age of 12, to ban women from employment and reinstate the law requiring women to be accompanied by a man.
- India
- July 28, 2021, 15:07 IST
Anthony Blinken India Visit: Jaishankar, US Secy of State Hold Talks on Wide-ranging Issues | IN PHOTOS
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday began talks covering an extensive agenda that included rapidly evolving security situation in Afghanistan, ways to boost IndoPacific engagement and enhancing COVID19 response efforts among others.
- India
- April 10, 2021, 12:38 IST
Why for This Colony of Sanitation Workers in Kolkata, 'Elections Don't Mean A Thing'
The people who wake up to sweep the city clean, return home to live amid filth and garbage.
- India
- February 28, 2021, 13:14 IST
Broken Families, Dreams & Bodies of Kin: Crippling Trauma of Delhi Riots Victims Far From Healing
This time last year, Northeast Delhi was searing, with roads strewn with stones and blood, people running amok for cover, smoke billowing from the streets as hundreds of houses were set afire by rioters.
- India
- January 26, 2021, 14:58 IST
Sexual Assault is About Consent, Skin or No Skin: Bombay HC Faces Backlash After Ruling on 'Groping'
In the January 19 judgment, the Bombay High Court said groping a minor's breast without "skin-to-skin contact" cannot be termed sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
- India
- December 25, 2020, 07:35 IST
Police Raid Office of Mehmood Pracha, Lawyer Appearing for Delhi Riot Victims, Seize Documents
Meanwhile, Pracha claimed that imposters in plainclothes posed as cops to gather vital information of his clients from his computers and has filed a police complaint regarding it. The Delhi police have, however, denied all such allegations.
- India
- October 01, 2020, 11:01 IST
Muslim Riots Victim Says He Lost His Arm in a Blast, Delhi Police File 'Accident' FIR
Akram Khan's medical report mentions that the patient suffered his "injuries during riots on 24.02.2020" and "needs multiple surgeries in the future". However, the FIR describes the incident as an accident, and police have invoked sections 279 (rash driving) and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC.
- India
- September 21, 2020, 16:13 IST
Menstruation, Female Sex Hormones and Coronavirus: The Many Roles a Woman's Body Plays
A recent research found that non-menopausal patients experienced a shorter hospitalisation period, earlier discharge, and lower disease severity than menopausal patients. Another study hypothesised that oestrogen may act as a deterrent in a woman’s body. Experts, however, say more long-term analyses are required to reach a definite conclusion.
- India
- March 13, 2020, 10:51 IST
'She Only Says 1 Word — Home': How Delhi Riots Have Left Children With Scarred Minds, Scary Future
While a number of young boys and girls at relief camps struggle to come to terms with witnessing scenes of horror and losing all that was familiar, experts say children’s past events automatically get linked to future events and continue to trigger them.
- India
- March 03, 2020, 07:32 IST
Burning Hearts: How 70 Hours of Delhi Riots Destroyed Decades-old Brotherhood Beyond Repair
Till Sunday night, Lane 29 in Khajuri Khas was a lively neighbourhood where Hindus and Muslims had lived together for decades. Not anymore.
- India
- February 06, 2020, 15:50 IST
No, Giriraj Singh, Jinnah Did Not Lead Khilafat Movement. It Was Gandhi Who Took Up the Cause
In 1919, fears of Muslim disunity soared following the decline of the Ottoman Empire after its defeat in World War I. In India, the Ali brothers joined forces with Gandhi’s Non-cooperation movement to further their cause.
- India
- December 31, 2019, 09:01 IST
The Cloud-capped Stir: Why Ritwik Ghatak’s Films May Not be the Best Tool to Justify CAA
The nature of the Act is fundamentally against everything that Ghatak’s cinema is known for. His work paints a turbulent picture of forced exile and statelessness, oppression of casteism, irrespective of religion.
- India
- March 17, 2019, 15:08 IST
Congress Turns 'Munna Bhai' This Poll Season, But Isn't Ready to Spare Hugs Without a 'Boast'
With its chief’s iconic Parliament hug to PM Modi, the Congress party has not looked back since. Henceforth, it has been a bumpy ride of love and occasional stings.
- India
- October 08, 2018, 16:51 IST
#MeToo: This Mahalaya, Let Women be Empowered to Slay the Evils of Misogyny
It’s time for women to collectively shed the intra-animosities among them and invoke their own inherent ‘shakti’ as a collective weapon of non-cooperation.

Ahona Sengupta

Ahona Sengupta

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