The precise picture delivered by Planck conforms most spectacularly to the expectations of the Standard Model of the universe, but the evidence of ano

An in-depth study of the real Kashmir problem, with the focus on “Azad Kashmir”, backed by facts and figures.

The Bali meeting of the High-Level Panel designated to prepare the post-2015 global framework to the MDG offers little hope of a rethink on the develo

A nationwide survey finds that the common house sparrow is not so common any more.

Increasing workload, a higher rate of admission, and constitution of multiple two-judge Division Benches have resulted in a huge increase in the numbe

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board orders the closure of its copper smelter unit in Tuticorin even as the Supreme Court stays a 2010 High Court or

The essays will be of immense value to students of diaspora studies as they encompass significant cultural transformations over a long period of histo

The Korean peninsula is on the boil again following North Korea’s nuclear test earlier this year and the month-long, unusually threatening U.S.-South

India’s indigenous defence research and production capabilities have not kept pace with the country’s military requirements.

The book provides powerful intellectual tools to Indian secularists in the struggle against reducing Muslims to “the other” in polity.

Has public interest litigation lost its direction and abandoned its original constituency, the marginalised and the underprivileged sections of societ

The Congress enjoys a slight edge in the fragmented political landscape of Karnataka, where the May 5 Assembly elections are expected to throw up some

Interview with Dr T.K. Sundari Ravindran, activist researcher on gender, health and equity issues.

The Supreme Court’s ruling against Novartis’ patent claim for the cancer drug Glivec paves the way for generic drug companies to keep crucial, life-sa

The violence in Syria escalates to a new high as the United States and its Western allies airlift lethal weaponry to the rebels.

Criteria that were never conceived in the Constituent Assembly now determine who gets to sit on India’s apex court. Each of these unwritten qualificat

Is there a shift in the attitude of Kerala society towards the value of daughters? Is son preference spreading in a State once known to be above extre

To Narendra Modi’s fan base among proud Hindutva supporters in the U.S., his unique combination of free-market rhetoric and cultural nationalism appea

The Supreme Court by and large remains popular. Yet, if one digs a bit, beneath the surface is an institution that has strayed from its mission and ma

PESA, which is seen as an enabling law for tribal self-governance, is violated brazenly by both the Union government and State governments in the name

It is the goal of social revolution that connects the aam aadmi to the judiciary and to its highest institution, the Supreme Court of India.

Interview with Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh.

As far as substantive criticism of decisions is concerned, there ought to be no restraints on commentary, whether in the news media or elsewhere. All

Israel’s facts on the ground, Palestine’s people on the ground.

Two volumes that cover, among other things, a period of tension in India-China relations over the boundary issue and Nehru’s role in it.

In place of judicial impact assessment, what India needs is “judicial use assessment” to measure to what extent people have actually used courts to

Van Ingen & Van Ingen of Mysore were the master taxidermists of colonial India at a time when hunting was a thriving sport, and their work was pri

In Tamil cinema, a band of directors has been quietly making films grounded in local realities and away from big-star formulas but working within t

Margaret Thatcher was a deeply divisive figure as Britain’s longest serving Prime Minister, with her pro-industry, anti-people policies.