Interview with the writer Guy Gunaratne.

The crowds thronging Diggi Palace for the 13th Jaipur Literature Festival belied the idea that literature is an exclusive preserve of the wealthy.

True bugs, of the order Hemiptera, have for too long been seen as pests. It is time to set the record straight.

True bugs, of the order Hemiptera, have for too long been seen as pests. It is time to set the record straight.

The ruling and opposition parties in West Bengal come together to pass a resolution in the Assembly against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Inspired by Shaheen Bagh, similar protests have erupted across the capital. And the women who spearhead this are hell-bent on not yielding.

THE delay in the hanging of the convicts in the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapist in December 2012 has been a matter of intense ...

The Shaheen Baghs that sprang up all over India in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act reclaimed Faiz Ahmed Faiz as truly one of us, a fighter against oppression, bigotry, poverty, destitution and imperialism.

Under Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s right-wing dispensation seeks to forge strategic ties with India and expand trade, particularly in defence.

Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” for peace between Palestine and Israel, which seeks to legitimise Israeli annexation of Palestinian territory, meets with outright rejection from the Palestinian Authority.

Australia’s worst ever wildfires have been raging all through this summer, causing extensive loss of lives, property and businesses and devastating the environment in the country and its neighbourhood.

In a significant ruling, the International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to protect the minority Rohingya population from human rights atrocities, particularly genocide.

The third Bodo accord envisages a new model of power sharing and governance for the Bodoland Territorial Council and seeks to redraw the BTAD for lasting peace.

The convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape-cum-murder case are running out of options to delay their hanging any further.

ON January 7, two days after the brutal attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University students in Delhi by Hindutva goons, seven women, led by Asmat Jamil, ...

The BJP improves its tally and vote share, but the AAP’s success in delivering basic services decides the issue.

The Aam Aadmi Party’s emphatic victory in the Delhi Assembly election holds two important lessons for the BJP: one, performance in office pays; two, communal politics is not always a sure way to win elections.

The Shaheen Baghs that sprang up all over India in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act reclaimed Faiz Ahmed Faiz as truly one of us, a fighter against oppression, bigotry, poverty, destitution and imperialism.

The third Bodo accord envisages a new model of power sharing and governance for the Bodoland Territorial Council and seeks to redraw the BTAD for lasting peace.

The convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape-cum-murder case are running out of options to delay their hanging any further.

ON January 7, two days after the brutal attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University students in Delhi by Hindutva goons, seven women, led by Asmat Jamil, ...

Resolutions tabled in the E.U. Parliament are the latest indication of growing international concern about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the situation in Kashmir.

Even as the World Health Organisation has declared the coronavirus outbreak in China a public health emergency, there are many unanswered questions about the virus, its pathogenicity, its modes of transmission and the disease characteristics.

The Modi regime’s move to restructure apex-level managerial positions in the Indian Railways by merging diverse categories into a single service, undermining specialisation, is apparently aimed at facilitating the wholesale privatisation of rail services.

The BJP’s Delhi Assembly election campaign hinges on berating the Shaheen Bagh protesters, completely sidestepping governance issues and the AAP’s performance.

The Budget lacks any serious effort to address the main issues of unemployment, agrarian distress and falling incomes, revealing a high level of official insensitivity.

The Finance Minister’s announcement of the intention to sell a part of the government’s “stake” in LIC, India’s largest financial institution, sparks outrage among millions of policy holders.

The Union Budget’s focus on the Indian Railways is cursory. An exercise in obfuscation, it reveals utter neglect of India’s largest enterprise.

In a significant ruling, the International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to protect the minority Rohingya population from human rights atrocities, particularly genocide.