Lessons to learnT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiControversy continues to stalk the National Council for Educational Research and Training as it comes out with its new syllabi for school education, w
Targeting NGOsT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiTwo NGOs in Uttar Pradesh working among a section of the population vulnerable to HIV infection become targets of harassment by the police, the public
Tampering with a textbookT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe NCERT wields the axe against a history textbook by R.S. Sharma.
An inequitous proposalT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiA proposed Bill on the removal of ceiling on monthly maintenance payable to wives and other dependents as laid down in Section 125 of the CrPC leaves
Fear of the 'outsider'T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe Union Home Ministry's decision to invoke the decades-old Foreigners Order and attempt to restrict the participation of foreigners in academic even
For a united struggleT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe 37th Indian Labour Conference sharply projects the united opposition of central trade unions to labour reforms and the government's "globalisation
An Act on paperT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiIn the context of a declining sex ratio, the Supreme Court directive to the Central and State governments to implement strictly the Pre-Natal Diagnost
Targeting historyT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe National Council for Educational Research and Training decides to remove some history textbooks from the higher secondary curriculum, and this mov
A shocking acquittalT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiAcquitting the accused in a major case of rape and murder, a Delhi court raps the investigators for their lapses.
The fight for survivalT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiAmid all the talk of environmental issues, planning priorities and relocation processes, the interests and concerns of the ordinary worker seem to rec
Adding to the burdenT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiHigher education in the country could become dearer from the coming academic year.
Targeting the trade unionsT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiCentral trade unions object to the Union Government's move to amend the Indian Trade Union Act, on the grounds that the proposed changes will prove de
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.
