The Modi government has shown intent in cleaning up and conserving the river a with high budgetary allocation. but is it too little too late?
By Rashme Sehgal in Varanasi
Ganga, India’s holiest...
A new juvenile bill has reduced the juvenile age to 16 in case of serious crimes. but in the process, it has stirred a hornet’s nest
By Meha Mathur
Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke,
You gotta und...
Did the CBI investigate the case with preconceived ideas and motivated intent? Social experts and women activists allege so.
By Shobha John
India has the dubious distinction of being the rape c...
The Jamia Nagar police station in Delhi is trying to earn the trust of the community by offering a free library, coaching and job training
By Shadab Nazmi
Four years after it earned public ire t...
Reports about Indian Muslims joining the wars in middle east are exaggerated. They are more angered by domestic trends.
By Seema Guha
Recent reports of Indian Muslims queuing up to go to...
Here is a love story that tells us more than the poetry of love.
By Ramesh Menon
Cancer kills more people much before they die. But here, in The Fault in Our Stars, we see two teenagers tell us...
For the first time, the police admits its inaction to save Muslims during riots, and legal action to arrest and detain them has alienated the largest minority community
By Neeraj Mahajan
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The deplorable status of dalits is borne out by the abysmal number of toilets in their households.
By Vikas Pathak
As the rest of the world has marched into the 21st century, India, a country of...
NDA’s bailout package for sugar mills has to do with politics. it will help finance assembly elections and woo sugarcane farmers’ votes
By Bhavdeep Kang
One of the first decisions that the Nar...
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s “first journey” budget produced a deafening no-bang. Its chief characteristic appeared to be a lack of vision on real problems needing urgent solutions, such as debt-eq...