LABOUR Gig workers vulnerable to exploitation T.K. RajalakshmiGig workers present the new face of employment in India, with no fixed working hours and no proper terms of employment to which the employer can be he
Assembly elections Assembly election results: How women voted T.K. RajalakshmiThe claim by a section of the media and the BJP that the ‘silent’ woman voter had risen above caste and other considerations and voted for the BJP is
LIVELIHOOD ISSUES MGNREGA: Wake-up call T.K. RajalakshmiA Parliamentary Standing Committee pulls up the Rural Development Ministry in its report on a “critical evaluation” of the MGNREGA and calls for more
Labour issues Women on the warpath: Haryana's anganwadi workers and helpers on indefinite strikeT.K. RajalakshmiSeventy per cent of Haryana’s anganwadi workers and helpers have been on an indefinite strike for two months demanding that the government honour its
Cover Story: The hijab controversy The hijab ban threatens Muslim women’s access to education T.K. RajalakshmiThe hijab ban in government-run and minority-aided educational institutions seeks to undo whatever little progress has been made in getting Muslims ed
Oxfam report Economic violence: Oxfam's latest report tears into inequalityT.K. Rajalakshmi The latest Oxfam report highlights how man-made inequality killed more people than COVID-19 did during the pandemic and suggests a redistribution of w
Union Budget shuts its eye to people’s distressT.K. RajalakshmiAgriculture and allied activities allocations slashed; MGNREGA allocation reduced by 25 per cent; neither people friendly nor progressive; "kisan dron
Omicron-fuelled third wave of pandemic Omicron spread: Down but not outT.K. RajalakshmiData from metros show that the Omicron-led surge may be on the decline, but it is still too early to declare that the third wave has ended. It is time
COVID-19 Omicron cases fuelling the surge in India’s third COVID-19 wave T.K. RajalakshmiHowever reluctant the government may be to admit to the fact, it is clear from the data that not only is India in the midst of the third wave but that
Legislation The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill has a flawed notion of gender justice T.K. RajalakshmiThe Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, which raises the age of marriage of women from 18 to 21, strikes a blow against women’s empowermen
COVID-19 Pandemic COVID: Omicron concerns rise in India as virus rages in other parts of the world T.K. RajalakshmiAlthough the new virus variant’s spread in India is relatively low when compared with the situation in the United Kingdom and the United States, a deb
NFHS-5 report Families in distress: Latest NFHS findings paint bleak pictureT.K. RajalakshmiThe latest NFHS findings point to many areas that need improvement, but the Central government decides to give the whole report a positive spin, under
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.
