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Sikhs in America: A History of Hate

Above: In Oak Creek, Wisconsin, the congregation gathers at the gurdwara during prayer services. (Photo: Chad Batka, special to ProPublica) Demonized as immigrants.  Mistaken for Muslims. For more...

Sir Rabinder Singh: Defying All Odds

The first Indian-origin judge to be elevated to the UK Court of Appeal has come up the hard way through “being very good and working very hard” and does not want to be known for his colour or ethnicit...

Diluting A Woman’s Weapon?

The apex court’s direction in a dowry/violence case calling for civil society’s intervention before using a stringent statute of the IPC on the basis of a complaint filed by a wife raises justifiable ...

False Complaints against Men: At the Receiving End

Maneka Gandhi wants the National Commission for Women to “provide a window” to men who are falsely implicated by women in various crimes. Is this a progressive idea whose time has come? ~By Suchet...

RTI reveals mysterious thefts of EVMs; no effort at investigation by EC

Above: Officials inspecting the EVMs before elections. Photo: UNI Why would anybody steal an EVM if not to tamper with it? EC’s claim of EVMs being tamper-proof sounds hollow ~By Puneet Nicholas...

India Legal show: Is SHe-box enough of a deterrent in offices?

The recent India Legal show deliberated upon the contentious issue of sexual harassment and mental torture on women in organisation vis-à-vis SHe-box portal for sexual harassment complaints which was ...

Applied scam, an NDMC project

Above: (L-R) The NDMC headquarters in Delhi. (Photo: Bhavana Gaur); NDMC-311 App A contract awarded to a Gujarat-based firm to develop a mobile application for the New Delhi Municipal Council faces...

Govt’s Kashmir Policy: When Soft Power Was the Bullet…

Even as the centre gropes for a coherent policy to tackle exploding Kashmir, it can learn lessons from former PM Narasimha Rao’s diplomacy which won the confidence of Kashmiris and kept the dialogue g...

India Legal show: Paramilitary personnel’s grouse should be taken seriously, say panellists

The recent India Legal show debated the issues regarding the paramilitary forces in India vis-à-vis their ranks, perks and promotions. The show also dwelt upon the common grouse of paramilitary person...

Jewar Airport: Cleared for take-off

Above: A representative image of a future flight to Greater Noida. The government’s green light for an airport in Greater Noida is welcome but questions remain about who will get to build it and th...

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