Equality Now analyzed 40 rape cases and revealed how the justice system is failing survivors. Reports of sexual violence against women of lower castes in India are on the rise, and a new report details how the justice system is […]
The Indian Prime Minister’s greetings on the birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhism sound hypocritical considering how his police have assaulted the agitating farmers from Punjab in the national capital of the world’s so called largest democracy. By Gurpreet […]
Schoolgirls tie ceremonial threads on the wrist of Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal, the state capital of Madhya Pradesh state, during a program to celebrate the Hindu festival of Rakhi in this file photo taken on Aug. 14, 2019. The […]
When laws are motivated by communally divisive agendas, they breed suspicion within communities, resulting in a sense of alienation. That in turn negatively impacts societal peace and harmony. Occasionally, it leads to sporadic violence. When such laws attempt to interfere […]
The World Health Organisation has declared the corona a pandemic. But in our country, even more dangerous sexual assaults are devouring lives of women like an epidemic. The National Crime Records Bureau’s 2019 census is direct evidence of this. According […]
The good and the less known; here’s the wonderful legacy left behind by the revolutionary figure. In 2010, Maharashtra’s then Minister of Public Works Department Chhagan Bhujbal handed ‘Gulamgiri’ a book written by Mahatma Jyotirao Phule to former US President […]
Drawing on lived experience, Wandana Sonalkar explains the concerns about Hinduism as it is practised today, including misogyny, caste and violence By G. Sampath Repudiation of a religion by a person born into it is a sub-genre by itself. Wandana […]
It looks as if old carrot top’s efforts to live on in the White House have finally come to a wheezing halt. But not for lack of trying. He and his cohorts, but specifically the Duck himself, huffed and puffed […]
Jyotirao Govindrao Phule is known for championing for girls’ education in India. He championed the cause of girls’ education and taught his wife to read and write. The social activist died on November 28, 1890, in Pune. On his 130th […]
The book ‘Inquilab: A Decade of Protest’ chronicles some of the most powerful speeches and articles by Kavita Krishnan, Romila Thapar, Kanhaiya Kumar, Mahua Maitra, and others. BY ROMILA THAPAR In 2016, as a response to the unrest on campus […]
