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Protests Against Novel: Public Censorship

Above: Kerala BJP Mahila Morcha protesting against S Hareesh’s novel/Photo: twitter Rightwingers force a major Malayalam magazine to withdraw the serialisation of a novel which suggests that Hindu...

GST: A Good Idea Gone Bad

Above: Over 600 changes have now been made to tax rates of 1,300 goods and 500 services At the launch of GST, Prime Minister Modi stated that it would bring economic unification through easier inte...

Missionaries of Charity: Mother of a Controversy

Above: Police try to enter the premises of a Ranchi shelter run by Missionaries of Charity following an FIR lodged against child trafficking by nuns/Photo: UNI Three years after it announced that i...

Legal Information: Access Denied

Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence IT companies have made India the back office of the world, but the country remains a laggard in building live legal e-databanks ~By Rishika Pardikar A ...

Section 377: Somewhere Over the Rainbow…

Photo: Anil Shakya When the Supreme Court Constitution bench took up petitions challenging Section 377, it lived up to its role as a progressive institution and in sync with the realities of modern...

Online Abuse: Tackling Vengeful Trolls

Above: Union minister Sushma Swaraj was trolled for taking measures to ensure that interfaith couples get their passports/Photo: UNI As social media platforms fail to self-regulate, high-profile vi...

10-yr jail term for Ex Pak PM Nawaz Sharif in case linked to Panama Papers

Pakistan’s Accountability court announces 10 year jail term for Nawaz Sharif, daughter Maryam granted 7 year term, her husband to serve 1 year in prison Just short of a year after Pakistan’s Suprem...

Adventure Sports in Uttarakhand: Danger Zone

Above: For now, there will be no more river rafting in Rishikesh or elsewhere in Uttarakhand/Photo Courtesy: tajhotels.com Peak season adventure tourism takes a hit in Uttarakhand as the High Court...

Law Commission: The Quiet Reformer

Above: Civil court lawyers protesting against the Advocates (Amendment) Bill 2017, in Ranchi (file pic)/Photo: UNI Though the Law Commission’s voluminous reports are not binding on the government, ...

Property Issues: The Promised Land

Above: Buying lands belonging to the Limboo-Tamang tribals is proposed to be barred in Sikkim/Photo: mapsofindia.com In an ostensible attempt to safeguard scarce land resources, the chief minister ...

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