Passing the buckT.K. RAJALAKSHMIThe Centre has gone back on its commitment to legislate a Bill guaranteeing the fundamental right to education.
Imperfect sympathyT.K. RAJALAKSHMIThe ban on child labour in eateries and households may not become effective in the absence of adequate rehabilitation mechanisms.
Burden without benefitT.K. RAJALAKSHMIAnganwadi workers and helpers stage an agitation for recognition as government staff.
In cold bloodT.K. RAJALAKSHMIThree trade union activists, employees of a sub-contractor for the Chamera Hydroelectric Project III, are murdered.
Brave new world of tax exemptionsT.K. RAJALAKSHMIThe Reliance-HSIIDC proposal to set up a massive Special Economic Zone raises more questions than answers.
Young minds at workT.K. RAJALAKSHMIEducation is the best way to end child labour, says the ILO. But where are the schools?
Scholar of societyT.K. RAJALAKSHMIKumar Suresh Singh's stewardship of the People of India project yielded an excellent anthropological profile of the country.
Targeted nutritionT.K. RAJALAKSHMIA World Bank report on malnutrition among India's children calls for drastic reforms in the Integrated Child Development Services.
Tragic pictureT.K. RAJALAKSHMIA UNICEF report says that South Asia has the largest number of underweight children below the age of five.
On a tightropeBY T.K. RAJALAKSHMILife is not easy for coir workers in Kerala, but they are now more aware of their rights. BY T.K. RAJALAKSHMI
Small gain for the girl childT.K. RAJALAKSHMIHaryana witnesses the country's first conviction for using sex determination technologies, on a complaint filed in 1997.
Saffron strikeT.K. RAJALAKSHMIA Christian mission becomes the target of attack following a controversy over a book that allegedly insults Hindu deities.
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
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.
