Controversy The curious battle for Parasnath hill in JharkhandAshutosh SharmaIt is difficult to decipher why the Adivasis and Jains lock horns over the hill. Is it about faith, custom, business, or politics?
Controversy Supreme Court stay on Haldwani evictions draws attention to need to codify housing lawsAshutosh SharmaWith a rise in evictions across India, experts call for new laws that protect the right to shelter.
Communalism Escalating attacks against Christian Adivasis in ChhattisgarhAshutosh SharmaThese incidents are seen as part of an organised campaign to bring them back to the Hindu fold.
SPOTLIGHT The Great Land Grab in Jammu and KashmirAshutosh SharmaThe UT administration attempts to provide land it claims to own to industrialists from other States.
MCD Mayoral Election Bedlam in MCD: Chaos marks maiden meeting, mayoral election postponedAshutosh SharmaAAP, BJP members exchange blows, stage noisy protests.
The AAP Phenomenon AAP continues to expand its national base unlike other regional partiesAshutosh SharmaAnupama KatakamIt rides high on general distrust of traditional parties and anti-incumbency, among other factors.
Spotlight Long forgotten: India’s pretrial and undertrial prisoners Ashutosh SharmaThe country’s jails teem with poor and marginalised people detained without justification.
MCD election AAP sweeps MCD election, bags 134 of 250 wardsAshutosh SharmaThe party wrested the Delhi civic body from the BJP, which had ruled it since 2007.
Elections MCD elections in Delhi brings garbage and a polluted Yamuna into focusAshutosh SharmaAir pollution and civic amenities are other major issues in the elections slated for December 4.
Spotlight RTI Act losing its sheen with weakened machinery for its implementationAshutosh SharmaIn the 17 years since it came into existence, its users have been attacked, harassed, even murdered.
POLITICS AAP doublespeak belies claim to legacy of Ambedkar and Bhagat SinghAshutosh SharmaIt does not seem to be producing the desired optics for the party’s political communication.
SPOTLIGHT Justice proves elusive for those living on the LoC in Jammu and KashmirAshutosh SharmaSurviving victims of Army excesses in villages on the Line of Control struggle with their lives.
A new phase of censorship creep in India A proposal to amend the IT Rules 2021 and the ban on a BBC documentary are part of a larger trend of Internet censorship, growing since 2014.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
