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Social Issues
Hate Crime
Hapur district court sets precedent with life term for mob lynching
Landmark ruling imposes life term on 10 accused in mob lynching case, recognising religious motive and calling for police accountability.
Ismat Ara
Book Review
Violence, deception, and redemption: Portrait of a marriage in Heart Tantrums
Aisha Sarwari’s memoir is an uneven book which is still worth reading because of its unflinching honesty.
Ranjana Sengupta
Social Issues
Kerala’s brain drain: How student migration impacts society
Kerala’s student migration survey exposes potential social woes: ageing population, shrinking birthrates, and the deskilling of students going abroad.
Anna Mathews
Law
Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code: Testing the waters?
While the government claims the UCC is a milestone for women’s rights, critics say it infringes upon personal freedoms, and targets minorities.
Ismat Ara
Mental Health
Why Jammu and Kashmir saw the highest attempted suicide rate in India in 2022
The Valley is experiencing a mental health crisis, linked to persistent violence and its detrimental impact on residents, particularly young people.
Raashid Andrabi
Campaigns
How a women’s movement in the 1970s shaped India’s battle against inflation, gender inequality, and caste bias
Meet latnis—women whose rolling pins fought corruption and hunger. Their story offers insights into women’s relationship with money and the economy.
Saumya Kalia
Controversy
Modi government’s crackdown on FCRA cripples civil society organisations
As prominent NGOs face suspension and cancellation of foreign funding licences, activists see worrying trend of government silencing critical voices.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
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Delhi Development Authority wipes out centuries-old mosque in Mehrauli
DDA says Akhunji Masjid, believed to be built during Razia Sultana’s reign, lacked official heritage status and was an illegal building.
Ismat Ara
Following Dalit entry into Tamil Nadu village temple, caste Hindus to construct separate place of worship
Move follows a series of disputes, closure, and reopening of the temple, highlighting persisting tensions around caste-based discrimination.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
A ‘Vyapam’ in Maharashtra
Question paper leaks in almost every test conducted by the Eknath Shinde government draw parallels to the 2013 recruitment scam of Madhya Pradesh.
Amey Tirodkar
For Kashmiri women, drugs offer an escape route from anxiety, depression
Socio-economic, psychological, and geopolitical factors are causing the rise in female drug addiction in the region.
Safina Nabi
Rama is my favourite deity, but his temple in Ayodhya leaves me cold
Though the Gita advocates stoic dispassion, Hindu revivalism injected new blood in India’s quiet veins, making urgent the want for a Ram Mandir.
Lakshmi Sreeram
Periyar wins yet more hearts and minds at the 2024 Chennai Book Fair
As the threats of communalism and casteism become more pronounced, Periyar is being revived by youngsters who hope for a better, fairer future.
Siddarth Muralidharan
What about Ayodhya’s mosque?
As the Ram Mandir is consecrated, the proposed Muhammed bin Abdullah mosque stares at red tape and cash crunch. It exists only as a blueprint.
Ismat Ara
How does Indore do it?
Indore bags the cleanest city award for the seventh year in a row. A look at its strategy.
Shailaja Chandra
The invisibilising of queer Dalits in Yashica Dutt’s 2019 memoir
Dutt erases queer Dalit voices while claiming the term “coming out” for herself, overlooking its origins and complex marginalised experiences.
Sumit Baudh
Ambedkar, on a device near you
From Bollywood blockbusters to regional films and OTT originals, Ambedkar’s image and message are finding new resonance in Indian popular culture.
Harish S. Wankhede
Uttar Pradesh’s halal branding ban: Strategy to subjugate Muslims?
The ban stifles Muslim businesses, silencing their cultural voice through market control.
Ashutosh Sharma
Women voters of India: A force to be reckoned with
Political parties vie for women’s votes with promises of welfare schemes and doles, but true empowerment remains elusive.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
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