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By Lekha Rattanani |
The horror video from Manipur showing two women being paraded naked has shocked the national conscience. Suddenly,…
By Ajit Ranade |
One sixth of humanity is in India, which is the most populous country on this planet. Seven of the eight billion…
By Lekha Rattanani |
Last month a film released in theatres here recounting an immigrant Indian mother’s struggle to win back the custody of…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The Chief Justice of India, Dr. Justice D Y Chandrachud, has made some very timely and significant comments on the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Well, the world has moved, and so has India. But we may be creating a new “us” and “them” problem right within our…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is true that Gandhi emphasised duties over rights but he also showed us how it was a duty to stand up when rights…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana and the Supreme Court have offered a wake-up call to the nation on the…
By Lekha Rattanani |
It was only last week that the US State department added the option of a gender ‘X’ on its passport forms, giving…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
In an unrelated 2018 investigation, the NPPA reported “unethical profiteering in a failed market system”, with some…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The “row” in Karnataka over wearing the hijab or head scarf by some Muslim girl students which began at a college in…
By Vidyadhar Date |
The State government is promoting Marathi, over a fortnight ending on January 28, with events and activities that…
By Lekha Rattanani |
Raising the age of marriage for girls in India from 18 to 21 is a not a simple step that will bring all-encompassing…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
This holiday season there is little to cheer and a lot to worry, what with Omicron doing the rounds and lockdowns being…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Pandora Papers raise a lot of issues that need serious introspection. However, one hopes that like the Panama and…