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COVER STORY
22-01-2016
Juvenile
Juvenile justice system
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Briefing
Civil Services
Primacy at stake
India
The IAS lobby is upset about the Seventh Central Pay Commission recommendation for parity in pay and promotion for all all-India services.
Architecture
The idea of the Taj
Heritage
The Taj Mahal, considered the greatest achievement in the world of Indo-Islamic architecture, was originally conceived as “a masterpiece for ages to c
Labour Issues
Laws for automatons
India
Trade unions react strongly to the fresh set of amendments the government has introduced in the Factories Act without discussions with them.
Legislation
Teeth for an Act
India
The long-pending amendments to the S.C. and S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, which expand the range of offences committed against them, is finally
Samson Moyo
Intellectual giant
Obituary
Samson Moyo (1954-2015) was tireless and unwavering in his quest for a humane and just social order with agrarian reform and social security at its co
People
Tale of hope & despair
India
A street hawker’s indomitable spirit informs his struggle to keep alive his daughters’ dreams of sporting glory.
Controversy
Politics of a case
India
The Congress has apparently won the first round in the National Herald case with Sonia and Rahul securing bail and the party recording some electoral
Superconductivity
The new wave
Science & Technology
Books
Importance of Myanmar
Books
A significant contribution to India’s knowledge of the East, which is essential for a successful “Look East” policy.
Syria
A chance for peace
World Affairs
The UNSC resolution on Syria takes into account the ground realities in the region, but Western leaders persist with their contradictory statements.
Shahabuddin Ahmed
Painting for peace
Art
The Bangladeshi painter Shahabuddin Ahmed amazes one and all with his creativity and inspires with his rebellious free spirit.
B.D. Sharma
Activist officer
Obituary
Brahm Dev Sharma (1929-2015), a lifelong champion of tribal rights, will be missed most keenly by the Gonds of Bastar.
Juvenile Justice Amendment Act
Regressive step
Lead Story
The Ministry of Women and Child Development’s justification of the new amendment on the grounds that reformation homes are not leading to reformation
NCRB data
Data in doubt
Lead Story
The NCRB data used to justify the new law bringing down the age of responsibility for criminal action are open to interpretation.
How Sujit turned over a new leaf
Lead Story
Juvenile homes
Just hellholes
Lead Story
Juvenile justice homes in Delhi are overcrowded and understaffed. Homes for children are plentiful in Maharashtra but the facilities are misused and d
Legislation
Excluded by law
India
The Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act setting educational and other eligibility criteria for candidates can have disastrous social consequences.
Water Resources
Lessons from Colorado
India
A plan for sustainable management strategies drawing from experiences in the Colorado River Basin in western U.S.
Physics
Breaking bonds to evaporate
Science & Technology
Photon in a fibre
Science & Technology
Space
A pathfinder
Science & Technology
West Asia
Growing hatred
World Affairs
In Jerusalem, the bitterness between the settlers and Palestinians shows signs of worsening as both sides increasingly use guns and knives to settle s
Books
A life in theatre
Books
A useful work on Badal Sircar, the theatre stalwart whose plays initially took up the concerns of the middle-class youth of Kolkata but later articula
SCO
Road to multipolarity
World Affairs
The Zhengzhou conference of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation adds more muscle to the grouping by incorporating India and Pakistan as its full mem
Delhi
An odd (-even) formula
India
Tourism
The Odisha experience
Travel
A visit to Konark, Puri and Bhubaneswar in winter can be enriching in terms of experiencing their tradition and culture, be it in the performing arts,
Diplomacy
Showmanship, no breakthrough
India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise stopover at Lahore is of a piece with his government’s blow-hot-blow-cold approach to Pakistan.
Interview: Ved Kumari
‘Government giving in to reactionary ideas’
Lead Story
Interview with Ved Kumari, Professor of Law, University of Delhi, and Chairperson of the Delhi Judicial Academy.
Interview: Swagata Raha
‘Replicating a failed Western model’
Lead Story
Interview with Swagata Raha, Senior Legal Researcher (Consultant) at the Centre for Child and the Law, National Law School of India University, Bengal
Interview: Dr Shekhar P. Seshadri and Dr Preeti Jacob
‘The child should be given a chance to reform’
Lead Story
Interview with Dr Shekhar P. Seshadri and Dr Preeti Jacob of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NIMHANS, Bengaluru.
Cover Story
Of juveniles and justice
Lead Story
The passage of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)Bill, 2015, in Parliament exposes the vulnerability of the system in the wake of
Sensitising the state
Lead Story
Essay
Constitution and secularism
India
The 42nd Amendment made formal the Constitution’s basic commitment to the idea of a secular state—quite contrary to the BJP position that the amendmen
'Unpaid' labour
In the master’s service
Social Issues
Bitti Chakri, a retrograde practice of engaging Dalits for the household work of landlords for a pittance, continues in the rural areas of north-weste
SPOTLIGHT
Games people play
India
The vested interests of politicians and businessmen make sports governing bodies breeding grounds of corruption and nepotism.
Juvenile justice
End of innocence
Data Stories
The government’s decision to amend the juvenile justice law will do little to address the root cause of juvenile crime, most of which is owing to pove
Hydrology
Wetlands in peril
Environment
Denial of dignity and rights
Lead Story
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The Great Land Grab in Jammu and Kashmir
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