A cloud over the MCIT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiMedical Council of India President Ketan Desai steps down after the Delhi High Court indicts him on charges of corruption.
Front against aggressionT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiANTI-WAR protests have been taking place the world over, the most recent one being in Italy where thousands of people gathered to denounce the shrill
A grant and a controversyT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiTHE four-day visit to India by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was marked by an unprecedented gesture of philanthropy, with a billionaire businessman an
Taking on dowryT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiA national survey conducted by the All India Democratic Women's Association reveals that the dowry system is widespread and has permeated every sectio
The wrong lessonsT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe new social science textbooks of the NCERT for Classes Six and Nine are flawed in terms of factual details, content and historical interpretation.
Conflicting class interestsT. K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiA lack of consensus on several important issues and attempts at steamrollering several anti-labour recommendations through, mark the 38th session of t
A breather for the policeT. K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe surrender of R.K. Sharma, who had been evading arrest in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, has brought some relief to the Delhi Police.
The issues at stakeT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe Supreme Court judgment lifting the interim stay order on the implementation of the NCFSE underlines the necessity of exercising caution while impa
Capital coupT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe Centre's move to curb the powers of the Delhi government seems to have been made with an eye on the ensuing Assembly elections.
The riddle of a riverT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiUnion Minister Jagmohan's efforts to establish a role for the Sarasvati river in the Indus Valley civilisation take the shape of a project of excavati
Loaded against labourT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe report of the Second National Commission on Labour draws flak from across the political spectrum for its attempts to dilute labour rights citing a
Restraint on talaqT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiA Bombay High Court verdict requiring the husband to satisfy all legal preconditions before exercising his right for talaq comes as a great relief to
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.
