Controversy The curious battle for Parasnath hill in JharkhandAshutosh SharmaIt is difficult to decipher why the Adivasis and Jains lock horns over the hill. Is it about faith, custom, business, or politics?
Congress President Election ‘The process will be fair, transparent’: Madhusudan MistryPurnima S. TripathiInterview with the chairman of Congress party’s Central Election Authority.
Spotlight Justice for Bilkis BanoT.K. RajalakshmiThe remission is a grievously wrong decision, which the Supreme Court must rectify at the earliest.
Interview Srinivas Kodali: ‘Anonymity on the Internet was by design’Suhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayAnd this precisely what is being negated in Digital India through Aadhaar, says the hacktivist.
Education CUET: More questions than answersT.K. RajalakshmiThe entrance test was marked by inordinate delays and glitches in the exam process this year.
GOVERNANCE Breach of ethicsA.G. NOORANIRecent Cabinet meetings in Bihar evoke fears of greater transgressions in the future.
SATIRE In Erewhon’s appellate court Sriram PanchuA fictional order from a fictional appellate board with 10 fictional members who seem very suited to real life.
Climate Crisis Landslides in Kerala more frequent due to climate change, deforestationSruthin LalFarmers, fisherfolk, labourers and other marginalised sections are the worst affected.
Photo Essay Tibetan diariesSerena ChopraVignettes from a Tibetan settlement at Majnu ka Tilla in Delhi.
Satire In Erewhon’s courtSriram PanchuA fictional account of a fictional judgment by a judge who for now only lives in the imagination.
State of India’s Judiciary Judges & their bogus collegiumA.G. NOORANIThe decline of the judiciary started early in the history of independent India.
State of India’s Judiciary New legal aid system needed to ensure justice for the poorKaleeswaram RajIt should connect the poor with online courts, and allows plaintiffs the choice of attorney.
State of India’s Judiciary Editor’s NoteVaishna RoyHopes that the judiciary would protect the nation from a dystopian abyss are receding.
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
