Freedom of Expression A battle wonANUPAMA KATAKAMin MumbaiThe Mumbai High Court's directive to the Central Board of Film Certification to clear Anand Patwardhan's documentary film `War and Peace' throws up im
BJP retired hurt in MaharashtraVenkitesh Ramakrishnan Recently in Mumbai The BJP loses the power game in Maharashtra in the face of rare opposition unity and critical judicial intervention.
Assembly Elections Maharashtra Assembly election: Missing the wood for the treesLyla Bavadam In Mumbai and DahanuAs the Maharashtra Assembly election approaches, the opposition seems to have played into the BJP’s hands: it is focussing on Prime Minister Narendr
Mumbai’s legendary dance bars can make a comebackAnupama Katakam in Mumbai and Tanveer Kaur in DelhiIn August 2005, the Maharashtra government came down hard on Mumbai’s legendary dance bars and imposed a ban on women dancing for money in them. As
Euthanasia Between life and deathANUPAMA KATAKAM in MumbaiThe death of Aruna Shanbaug after 42 years in a comatose state brings into focus once again the issues of passive euthanasia, living wills, organ dona
SEZs Land conquestsANUPAMA KATAKAM in MumbaiWith a compliant government in Gujarat, Reliance faced little hurdle in acquiring agricultural land for its Jamnagar SEZ, but its plan for a massive S
Silent machinesANUPAMA KATAKAM in Mumbai & S. DORAIRAJ in ChennaiIndustrial workers are fighting to keep their jobs and make ends meet as prices rise in the neoliberal set-up.
Cut to sizeLYLA BAVADAM in MumbaiFor most Mumbaikars, the release of the Shah Rukh Khan starrer My Name is Khan on its scheduled date of Friday, February 12, came as a surprise. Inure
Chabad encounterLYLA BAVADAM in MumbaiSHARON GALSURKAR knew Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka from the time the couple came to live in India six years ago. He is a community progr
Political shake-outVENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in New Delhi & LYLA BAVADAM in Mumbai Heads rolled in New Delhi and Maharashtra as the Congress scurried to retrieve lost ground.
Freedom at stakeDIONNE BUNSHA in Mumbai The Mumbai Police stops the screening of Sanjay Kaks film on Kashmir on the pretext that it could be provocative or inflammatory.
Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
SlideshowLiving on the edgeThey are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis
