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India’s Urban Rot

Above: Rescue operation at the flyover collapse site in south Kolkata/Photo: UNI Building collapses and fires are not the only causes of urban deaths, and these are not confined to Mumbai or Delhi....

Toll Plazas and Judges: For Whom the Bell Tolls?

Though no one in India may claim to be a super-citizen, functional inequality may be justified under very special circumstances   ~By Upendra Baxi   A bench comprising Justi...

For the record: Am I a Naxalite?

The harassment I have faced is meant to terrorise intellectuals, subdue dissent   ~By Anand Teltumbde I had just woken up somewhat late, tired after a late night flight when I saw missed cal...

Sexual Assaults: A Question of Mindset

Above: A protest march against the gangrape and murder of a minor in Kathua in Srinagar/Photo: UNI While the Supreme Court has voiced concern over rising incidents of rape, what is needed is a prof...

Immigration: Americans All

President Donald Trump’s approach is out of character for a nation founded by English immigrants about 400 years ago   ~By Kenneth Tiven   There are perhaps at least 3.5 mi...

Judge Advocate General Office: An Age for Everything

Above: A women’s contingent interacts with then Chief of Army Staff Gen Dalbir Singh/Photo: UNI While a plea in the Delhi High Court asked why married persons were debarred from the law arm of the ...

Capitalism: Abandon the Robin Hood Approach

Taxing those who create wealth and giving it to freeloaders has led to millionaires leaving India. Embracing socialism is not the panacea for India’s ills, and the PM seems to have realised that ...

Use of Technology: Every Step He Takes

In a first of its kind case, the Kerala police nabs a man who helped his lover keep track of her husband in real time by secretly installing an app on his mobile phone ~By NV Ravindranathan Nair i...

Modicare: A Pill for India’s Ills?

Above: A majority of the poor do not have health insurance and expenses are high The Modicare project of the PM, which will kickstart on August 15, aims to provide free health insurance to poor fam...

EVMs: A Question of Credibility

Above: A poll official explains the working of an EVM to his colleagues in Amritsar/Photo: UNI Despite demand for paper ballots and tampering claims before various High Courts, the fact is that th...

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