The writer Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar explains why he opposed Vedanta’s sponsorship of the Jaipur Literary Festival in London.

The Modi government invokes Mahatma Gandhi for its clean cities drive but ignores his dislike for promoting economic growth that neglects the weaker c

Americans have to endure a permanent election season, but most of them find that their votes are worth nothing at the end of the day.

Data show that our days are not statistically any more “acche” than they were under the previous governments.

The icy South Georgia island in the South Atlantic Ocean reverberates with the shrill call of penguins, the predominant wildlife species of the region

A collection of articles on temple architecture in South and South-East Asia.

Attempts to dilute the Forest Rights Act and steamroller the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015, through Parliament raise concerns about viola

A spate of hate crimes targeting African nationals in Delhi reopens old debates on racism and intolerance.

A novel that asks searching questions about contemporary urban living in a family setting.

The Supreme Court prescribes a centralised examination for MBBS admission as a small step in correcting the role of money power, but concerns raised a

The sustainable use of resources rather than unbridled growth must be the basis for development.

Twenty-four people have been convicted in the high-profile Gulberg Society massacre case, but the survivors feel it is not complete justice as the mai

Bhikhari Thakur used folk tradition to recount the ordeal, courage and humanity of his community and bring about social change.

The pressure on journalists to toe the government line is immense.

While the government has stumbled from one blunder to another in its efforts to reorient education ideologically, it has nothing to show beyond grand

The Taliban appoints a new leader in the wake of the killing of Mullah Mansour and vows to continue with its military offensive, putting paid to all h

Interview with Radhika Vemula and Raja Vemula, Rohith Vemula’s mother and brother, on life after Rohith and why social activism has become a driving

In its first two years, the Narendra Modi government has consistently sought to cover up its administrative and governance deficiencies with high rhet

The provision in the Constitution to ban cow slaughter, Article 48, was conceived in deceit and executed through fraud.

Job creation no longer seems to be a major policy priority of the government, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches no longer emphasise how much

The repeated attacks on the oppostion after the Trinamool Congress scored a huge victory vindicate the allegation that the ruling party wants an oppo

ISRO crosses yet another milestone with the successful launch and return of a winged Reusable Launch Vehicle in a scaled-down configuration that flew

As the Modi government’s hard-nosed neoliberal policies lead the country to a dead end of economic stagnation and more hardships for the people, there

Modi’s rule is marked by intolerance towards divergent views, a deafening silence on attacks on people who oppose it, and the wresting of control of i

Significant progress has been made at the primary schooling level, but much needs to be done to stem senior secondary dropout rates.