Spotlight NCRB 2021 report: Dying young and jobless in IndiaDivya TrivediDaily wagers, the unemployed, and the self-employed accounted for the most deaths by suicide.
Northeastern India Proposal to lift prohibition in Manipur evokes ire of women activistsIboyaima Laithangbam
Gyanvapi Mosque Case ‘We are hopeful of a positive outcome’Divya TrivediInterview with Alok Kumar, international working president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
Gyanvapi Mosque Case ‘Shivling not mentioned in survey report’Divya TrivediInterview with S.M. Yaseen, Anjuman Intezamiya Masjid Managing Committee.
Custodial death in Chennai Spectre of brutality: Custodial death in Chennai shocks Tamil NaduIlangovan RajasekaranThe custodial death of a Dalit youth in Chennai again sparks outrage and highlights the urgent need to humanise the police force.
LIVELIHOOD ISSUES Forced out of homes in Chhattisgarh, Adivasis now face second displacement from Telangana Divya TrivediA section of the tribal people who were forced to migrate out of their home State of Chhattisgarh face the prospect of another displacement with Telan
Controversy Hijab verdict: Lifting the veil on essentiality Ziya Us SalamWith so many sections of society approaching the judiciary for redress of grievances, the concept of essentiality of a religious practice will be put
LIVELIHOOD ISSUES MGNREGA: Wake-up call T.K. RajalakshmiA Parliamentary Standing Committee pulls up the Rural Development Ministry in its report on a “critical evaluation” of the MGNREGA and calls for more
Oxfam report Economic violence: Oxfam's latest report tears into inequalityT.K. Rajalakshmi The latest Oxfam report highlights how man-made inequality killed more people than COVID-19 did during the pandemic and suggests a redistribution of w
Reservation Policy Milestone in social justice: Supreme Court verdict upholds OBC reservation in all-India medical seats quota K. VeeramaniThe Supreme Court’s historic verdict upholding OBC reservation in the all India quota of medical seats is a major achievement in the history of social
Legislation The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill has a flawed notion of gender justice T.K. RajalakshmiThe Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, which raises the age of marriage of women from 18 to 21, strikes a blow against women’s empowermen
GENDER ISSUES Domestic violence during COVID lockdown Lyla BavadamVictims of domestic violence had a particularly tough time during the pandemic when lockdown restrictions made it difficult to access help.
ESSAY Unsung sisterhood of Odisha’s women freedom fighters Sachidananda MohantyThe Satyagraha movement in Odisha, directly inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, was led, at many places, by women freedom fighters. Their contributions were r
SOCIAL JUSTICE Reservations in Tamil Nadu: Then and nowK.A. ManikumarThe reservation policy of the colonial state helped only the upper strata of non-Brahmins in Tamil Nadu. Their dominance in the organs of the state an
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
