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Iran: Towards Islamic Medievalism?

Apr 1979, New DelhiBy Chaitanya Kalbag October 15, 2024 1 Comment

With a step forward from Monarchy to a Republic, Iran has taken two steps backwards: restricting freedom, curbing women’s right and executions after summary trials. “Who would believe that I should work 10 hours a day for 37 years to help my country only to see it go back to the point where I began?”…

Life In Iran – Joyless and Hopeless

Feb 2nd to Feb 15th 1981, New DelhiBy Chaitanya Kalbag October 15, 2024 Leave a comment

But the people have their ways of making do Close to one-sixth of Iran’s population of 38 million lives in Teheran, the sprawling capital that slides southward from the cold slopes of an Elborz Mountains spur. And Teheran was trying, in the weeks I spent there, with a touch of grouchiness, to look like a…