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“Chinese” Manjha: A Dangerous Proposition

Many have died due to lethal kite strings, evoking numerous laws across India. But it would be more effective for the central government to implement one law to ban them By Nayantara Roy On Inde...

Burkinis beached in France

This outfit of Muslim women and the saree have been banned on the country’s beaches. Is this an Islamophobic piece of legislation or a battle pitch for the next elections? By Sajeda Momin in London...

A Lake Disappears…

The Haryana and Delhi government deny the existence of the Najafgarh Jheel, claiming it is merely a depression in the ground where water collects. Both maintain that there is no lake although the wate...

Milk—Toxic Cocktail Of Urea, Shampoo, Paint…

The Supreme Court ruling last fortnight directing the Center and states to amend laws to ensure stringent punishment for those guilty of adulterating milk and other food produce is a welcome step B...

War heroes who never came back

Going against the Geneva Convention, 54 Indian soldiers captured by the enemy during the 1971 War were never sent back. What’s worse: governments in Delhi have not enquired about their fate or pressur...

Diluting child rights

Amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 proscribe employing children below the age of 14. But exemptions in the new law render it open to gross misuse By Ajith Pillai ...

Dalits fighting for rights

While Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel was the first casualty of their anger, the next year’s polls in Uttar Pradesh will prove the final clincher By Kalyani Shankar In politics, fortunes change in a ...

Is Jaya throttling dissent?

With numerous defamation cases filed by Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court has asked the state to be tolerant to criticism and give it a list of those in the firing line By India Legal T...

Victory for Third Gender?

Though the Transgender Persons (Protection of rights) Bill 2016 is a welcome move, unless society changes its perception and abuse of transgenders, little progress will be made so that they lead a lif...

GST: A Dream for Indian Consumers?

Indirect taxes have been the bane of the common man. With a common tax regime now in place, will corporate pass on the benefits to consumers so that prices come down?   By Sumit Dutt Majumder Wi...

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