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A scholar remembered

M.N. Srinivas, 1916-1999.

Dowry harassment and the law

OVER the last ten to 15 years, penal statutes have been amended under pressure from women's groups in order to prevent marital violence against women.

Inside the burns ward

THE more than 40 beds in the female burns ward of the Victoria Government Hospital are always occupied. There is a typical occupancy profile in this w

A dialogue in Bangalore

A year after Pokhran-II, experts from India and the United States meet and discuss the sensitive question of nuclear weaponisation and international s

PARVATHI MENON in Bangalore

Targeting schools in Karnataka

The Bajrang Dal steps up a campaign against Christian educational institutions in Karnataka.

PARVATHI MENON in Bangalore

A former Prime Minister speaks out

FORMER Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda was among the first of the United Front leaders to have come out strongly against India's nuclear tests. In a le

Time to go home

After a delay of six months, the Bangladeshi children and the adults who were apprehended along with them in Bangalore are free to return home.

PARVATHI MENON in Bangalore

A life of selfless caring

Her philosophy on some issues met with criticism, but for her work of charity she will be remembered as Mother Teresa of the Poor.

For the poorest of the poor

People the world over mourn the death of Mother Teresa.

KALYAN CHAUDHURI PARVATHI MENON in Calcutta

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

With its steady focus on those who live in poverty and dispossession, the Missionaries of Charity addresses a special need of the modern world.

PARVATHI MENON in Calcutta and Titagarh