Murder for `honour'T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiA convention in New Delhi focuses attention on "honour killings" and calls for resolute legal and political action against such incidents.
The Left perspectiveT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiIn the Left parties' perception, only a programme-based secular platform can present a viable alternative to the BJP's communal politics.
A saga of plagiarismT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe NCERT finds itself in a fresh controversy thanks to a newly authored textbook for Class XII, which contains many sections plagiarised from an Amer
Shifting emphasisT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe UGC's move to rename Women Studies Centres in universities as Women and Family Studies Centres may undermine their autonomy and alter the content
Law of sortsT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiProposed legislation on children's issues comes under fire for not doing enough to protect the rights of the majority of children in the country and n
Skewed prioritiesT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe draft document on Reproductive Health and Family Planning, prepared by the Department of Family Welfare, focusses only on family planning and igno
Children as disqualificationT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe Supreme Court's upholding of the Haryana Act enforcing the two-child norm for elected representatives at the grassroots level evokes widespread co
Distorted lessonsT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiControversies continue to stalk the NCERT. The latest one is over errors and distortion of facts in its history textbooks for Class XII.
A failure of willT. K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe Women's Reservation Bill falls through despite months of active campaigning by women's groups, primarily because of the lack of political will on
Spotlighting hungerT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiA convention of working-class and peasant women organised in New Delhi by AIDWA calls upon the Central government to ensure food security and employme
The big freezeT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiA cold wave takes a heavy toll of the poor in northern and central India, chiefly among those sections of the population already left vulnerable by ec
End of a witch-huntT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe Home Ministry bureaucracy finally gives up an extended drive to implicate a journalist. The government now has much explaining to do on the matter
Are Hindi films problematising history? After Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither
SlideshowPostcards from Khasi hillsImages that mix politics, history and discomfort to document how the Khasi people made Christianity, a “foreign faith”, their own.
