The Power of Culture

Pakistani professor of religious studies Riffat Hassan on religious stereotypes, ethics and violence.

Navayana (Pali for 'new vehicle'), an independent Indian publishing house, seeks to forefront caste as the central faultline of Indian society. Navayana seeks to understand caste and the manner in which it animates aspects of everyday life, so that one can evolve strategies to fight it.

The conference The Politics of Beauty brought experts and artists from the entire world together in Manila to talk about what beauty is and how political developments affect what people experience as beauty. But beauty is also closely related to love.

Originating more than 2,500 years ago as varnashrama dharma, a theory of social rank, the caste system in India entails that people are born into certain castes.

On 19 November, in a ceremony that was part of the Crossing Border Festival held in The Hague, the Tunisian journalist Sihem Bensedrine received one of the five Novib / PEN Awards.

The United Nations and UNICEF adopted the Children's Rights in 1989. With their signatures, 191 countries agreed to protect children's rights.

Music is Mali's greatest and most important export product. Many musicians are convinced that traditional instruments should only be played by man. Madina N'Diaye and other female musicians don't stick to these unwritten rules.