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Battleground Sabarimala
The hill shrine of Sabarimala in Kerala erupts in unprecedented violent protest as young women try to make their way to the temple following the Supre
R. Krishnakumar
Livelihood Issues
Enemies overnight
The attacks against migrant workers in Gujarat are symptomatic of jobless growth and a resentment that has its roots in the governmental neglect of SM
Lyla Bavadam in Ahmedabad
#MeToo Movement
Day of reckoning
Social media in India erupt with #MeToo complaints as women from various fields, including cinema and the media, out prominent personalities, includin
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Section 497 of IPC
Axing adultery law
Making constitutional morality as the basis of its judgment, the Supreme Court decriminalises adultery, holding that Section 497 of the IPC is “backwa
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Sabarimala temple
End of exclusion
The Supreme Court in a 4-1 judgment upholds the right of women of all ages to pray at the Sabarimala temple by overturning an age-old custom that it s
R. Krishnakumar
Personal Law
Questionable haste
The presidential Ordinance making triple talaq a punishable offence attracts intense criticism from across the Muslim community, which questions the a
ZIYA US SALAM
Reservation
Setback for social justice
The apex court’s decision to extend the concept of creamy layer to S.Cs and S.Ts in promotions could reverse several years of gains in social uplift.
Divya Trivedi
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Implant anguish
Persistent efforts by affected patients and a new government report expose the huge trauma and loss caused to thousands in India by a faulty Johnson &
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Drafted in a vacuum
There are serious concerns over the efficacy of the Anti-Trafficking Bill, which neither addresses the root causes of trafficking nor provides for pro
By Divya Trivedi
Migrants and beyond
Against Assam’s chequered history of illegal immigrants, the recent campaigns against the updating of the National Register of Citizens are seen as at
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