Interview with Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister for Rural Development.

On the third anniversary of the January 25 revolution, a newly minted Constitution which seeks to keep the Islamists permanently out of politics and f

The story of Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1923-2014), the icon of cultural authenticity who found the perfect fit between good cinema and commercial profit

The Geneva II conference may not bring an early end to the fighting in Syria, but at a conference hosted by Kuwait there is serious talk of establishi

Pakistan: With the repeated targeting of the Army in North Waziristan and the recent terror attacks elsewhere in the country, the government seems to

While Forest Department officials deny forest dwellers their right to land and to collect minor produce, about two lakh hectares of forest land has be

Across the country, the common wealth of the people, like land and water, is being sold off to big capital, leading to environmental degradation and l

The decision to allow the expansion of coal mines without environmental clearances and a public hearing illustrates the MoEF’s role as a facilitator f

The best course is to move along a promising avenue for a settlement on the basis of Pervez Musharraf’s four-point formula, to which Manmohan Singh ma

The promise to fast-track environmental clearances raises concerns about whether such decisions will be made ignoring the very purpose of the LARR Act

The Supreme Court defends the right to life and liberty of death-row convicts until the hanging and commutes the death sentences of 15 convicts to li

The verdict commuting the death sentence of four people convicted in the Palar bomb blast case brings cheer to a little village on the Tamil Nadu-Karn

The book, supported by rich documentary material, tells the story behind the shifting of the imperial capital from Calcutta to Delhi.

The negative publicity the AAP is getting after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s “anarchist” protest in Delhi and his vigilante Minister’s racial slur

In a bid to make the UPA government appear investor-friendly, M. Veerappa Moily gives green clearance to 73 projects, including the controversial Posc

A case of gang rape of a tribal girl on the orders of a village kangaroo court sends shock waves across the nation, but the villagers rally around the

The BJP has begun extolling the virtues of Dr B.R. Ambedkar. But one can tell from both what he said and wrote that he was viscerally opposed to the H

Gerald Berreman (1930-2013) was a proponent of socially responsible anthropology who spent 40 years studying the caste system in India.

The improvement in key indicators of living conditions such as housing, drinking water, sanitation and hygiene has not encompassed the entire populati

An account of Islamism in the Arab world, which says “hard Islam” has little future.

The book on Sahir Ludhianvi, the Urdu poet and Bollywood lyricist, is a case of hero-worship albeit a sincere one.