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Social Issues
GENDER
Indian women enter STEM fields in record numbers. But why do they vanish from academic positions?
While India boasts of a 40 per cent enrolment of women in STEM fields, they make up only 16 per cent of faculty positions. What’s pushing them out?
Divya Gandhi
Book Review
Korea through Han Kang’s The Vegetarian
Han’s novel critiques Korean society and the violence that lies beneath its surface. This year’s Nobel Prize honours her statement of resistance.
Geeta Doctor
Global Hunger Index
India’s 2024 GHI rank: Marginal improvement masks deep-rooted nutrition crisis
Child wasting, stunting, and undernutrition still remain formidable challenges, compounded by the lack of critical data.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Book Review
Stories that are close to the bone
From menstrual taboos to interfaith marriage: Shahina K. Rafiq’s unabashed collection reveals intimate truths of Indian women’s lives.
Chittajit Mitra
TRIBUTE
Rohini Godbole (1952-2024): The physicist who refused to choose between science and justice
She died as she lived—pursuing both particle physics and gender justice with equal passion at the Indian Institute of Science.
Nandita Jayaraj
Emancipation
Vyasai Thozhargal’s free school in North Chennai shows how grassroots education movements can empower communities
Blending academics with social justice training, it aims to create young leaders who can question discrimination and access constitutional rights.
Siddarth Muralidharan
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Maharashtra: A State in flux
As the State’s Assembly elections approach, will it be able to confront pressing issues like urban decay, agrarian crisis, and political instability?
TEAM FRONTLINE
Overqualified and underemployed: India’s graduate crisis in the AI era
Outdated curricula, underfunded education, and the rapid advancement of AI are creating a perfect storm of unemployability for young graduates.
Sujoy Chakravarty
Himachal Pradesh simmers as Hindutva outfits target minorities
A minor local dispute has escalated into a State-wide campaign of polarisation that threatens social harmony as well as the tourism industry.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
G.N. Saibaba’s death is an injustice
What was the real crime of Saibaba? He constantly raised his voice for the human rights of the weak, the oppressed and the wronged by the system.
Apoorvanand
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: The rebel who saw tomorrow
Nico Slate highlights how much of today’s feminist dialogue echoes feminist freedom fighter Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’s ideas from decades ago.
Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta
Doctors intensify agitation with indefinite hunger strike to demand justice for R.G. Kar victim
Mass resignations of senior doctors follow as the government stalls on reforms, while Puja celebrations take on sombre tone amid the ongoing crisis.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Our main demand is recognition of the union; if that happens, we will call off strike: A. Soundararajan
The Tamil Nadu CITU general secretary says this strike is about workers’ constitutional right to form associations under Article 19(1).
Siddarth Muralidharan
No difference between what is said by Samsung and Tamil Nadu government: E. Muthukumar
The SIWU president states that the strike focusses on the right to unionise and says victory for trade union rights is a victory for everyone.
Siddarth Muralidharan
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Delhi’s Madrasi Camp and its 2,000 Tamil migrants face demolition threat
Home to working class Tamils for over 60 years, this colony in Jangpura, Delhi’s migrant haven, gets caught in the BJP-AAP crossfire.
Vitasta Kaul,
Vedaant Lakhera
Alma and her sisters
Anusua Mukherjee
Supreme Court deliberations on marital rape exception could redefine consent within marriage
The Centre argues for maintaining ‘Marital Rape Exception’, but those seeking its repeal say it violates women’s rights, bodily autonomy, and dignity.
V.Venkatesan
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