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Free bus travel for women
Tamil Nadu launches free bus travel for women’s empowerment
Tamil Nadu’s scheme facilitating free bus travel for women is laudable as it will boost their work participation rate, but the government must evaluat
S. Raja Sethu Durai
Khap Panchayats in Haryana
Khap terror
Haryana's caste panchayats continue to punish couples, practically unchecked, for breaking "brotherhood norms". (Published in the issue dated March 26
T.K. RAJALAKSHMI
,
in Rohtak
Casteism
Dalit blood on village square
The murder of four Dalits in Khairlanji village illustrate that casteism still flourishes in Maharashtra. (Published in the issue dated December 1, 20
LYLA BAVADAM
,
in Nagpur, Bhandara and Gondhia districts
Crimes against women
Women’s organisations in Maharashtra want a holistic approach, not the Shakti Bill
The Maharashtra government defers the Shakti Bill, a proposed law on crimes against women and children, after women’s rights lawyers and activists pro
Anupama Katakam
Communalism
Plot to turn a mosque in North East Delhi into a temple foiled
The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind restores a mosque vandalised by communal elements during the February riots in North East Delhi and foils an attempt to turn i
Ziya Us Salam
Social and Gender issues
Discrimination against elected Dalit panchayat presidents reveals entrenched caste-based hate and bias
The recent incidents of humiliation of Dalit women panchayat presidents in Tamil Nadu reveal the extent of caste-based hate, but social media has give
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Crime
Hasty cremation of Hathras gang-rape victim raises doubts about administration’s role
Yet another violent rape and murder in Uttar Pradesh, barely 200 kilometres from the national capital, exposes the links between caste and violence ag
Ziya Us Salam
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Politics in Dalit quota
Although the A.J. Sadashiva Commission, in its report submitted in 2012, has recommended internal reservation within the 15 per cent Dalit quota in Ka
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The NLAT fiasco
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A question of equitable access to legal education
As legal education becomes increasingly expensive, government intervention to support NLUs, increase scholarship grants and roll back fees is the need
Prannv Dhawan
,
Devansh Kaushik
When to wed: Raising the minimum age of marriage
The government has proposed increasing the age of marriage for girls to 21, but there are fears that this will circumvent more pressing issues relatin
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