The recent debate has showcased Rajasthan’s shame and the community’s misplaced valour

The communal polarisation in Uttar Pradesh created and sharpened by politicians in the run up to election 2014 will go beyond polling day. That...

While women make up about half the world’s population and are increasingly becoming active as voters, this is not matched by their increased presence...

Who are you? is an extremely traumatic question for a woman who has lived with a man for years loving, sharing and caring. They have partied together,...

Justice K Bhaktavatsala of the Bangalore High Court has shocked the nation. Law Minister Salman Khurshid is perturbed by his comments. Chief Justice...

If not justice, give me death, was the plaintive cry from the 22-year old Sonali Mukherjee. For the last decade, Sonali has been trying to live with a...

All it takes is the bogey of a rising hemline or shedding the all concealing drape to cover up a rising sickness in society. That is just what Delhi’s...

‘Fair, fine features, no disease, graduate, high caste, in early twenties, available without delay. Legal matters will be taken care of’. This is not...

Three 'encounters' in a span of a month brought home to me the misfortune of today's child who does not know what it is to go out in the evening to...

Kudos to members of the Rajya Sabha. Bouquets for them this time round instead of the usual the brickbats reserved for politicians. On 21 May, the...

If you are a child of the pre '50s you would remember the good old days when ‘chai’ was sold in ‘kullahar’, the fragrance of the damp earthen mug...

We in India proudly parrot the ‘unity in diversity’ line ever so often. Nothing puts it to shame more than the shocking way the young from the north...