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Constitutional Monarchy? Why Britain Can Do So Much Better

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 on September 8, 2022. She was the longest-reigning monarch of…

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Some Solid Steps To Manage & Recycle Waste In Our Hill Towns

I have been a regular, enthusiastic visitor to the mountain towns of our country. I began as a 9-year-old and…

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Billionaires In Boats And Other Oddities

'Billionaires in boats' -- if you were to read this phrase on any given day, it would conjure images of…

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Teesta: Surviving A Trial By Fire And Brimstone

The Supreme Court, on Friday, September 02, finally granted interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, who was arrested by the…

2 years ago
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How Can Justice For Anyone End Like This?

The outrage over the decision to grant remission to 11 life convicts in the case of Bilkis Bano's gangrape and…

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Bilkis Bano Case: Grave Miscarriage Of Justice

The government of the day has taken yet another controversial decision. However, calling it just controversial is an understatement. It…

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Laal Singh Chadha: Blowing In The Wind

There are many reasons why I remember the film Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks as the eponymous character. One of…

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Saving Lives, One ‘Stray’ Animal At A Time

I used to think so-called 'stray' animals were unsafe mainly on the roads of our country. But in the last…

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Elephants Never Forget: Calling Out Misogyny Over And Over Again

It's happening again. The use of derogatory language when speaking about and to women, some public figures seem to have…

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The Spectre Of Climate Change And Its Denial

In the last few days, scorching temperatures have hit Europe and surrounding countries, including the UK, now no longer part…

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Fording The Troubled Waters Of Unrest

The last few days, some unexpected images have dominated the world news scene. Visuals of people swimming in clear blue…

2 years ago
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NEP & Our Educational System: An Overview

On Thursday, while inaugurating a meeting on the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) at the Banaras Hindu University,…

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Women’s Reproductive Rights In The Shadow Of Roe V. Wade Verdict

If today, someone were to conduct a survey into which country has a better gender rights ratio, with women afforded…

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Women Heads Of State And State Of Feminism

Ever since Ms Droupadi Murmu was catapulted into the national limelight after being picked as the NDA's presidential nominee, my…

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Feminists & Transgenders: Together Or Apart?

I have a friend, who is a passionate feminist and leads a quite successful life. The other day, I got…

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Gender Apartheid & Its Wide, Innocuous Sway

Apartheid may have ended a few decades ago but its sinister ideological kin gender apartheid continues to prevail and cause…

2 years ago
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Of Covid Billionaires & Toxic Inequality

In an indication of just how lopsided wealth distribution and retention has become in our world, reports suggest that the…

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Making Sense Of US Mass School Shootings

On May 24, there was yet another mass shooting at a school in the United States of America. This time,…

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Calling Out Racism, In All Its Forms And Garbs

A cellphone video from Coppell Middle School in Dallas, Texas has gone viral this past week. It shows a teenage…

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The Work They Did, The ‘Threat’ They Posed

On Wednesday, May 11, Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh was killed as she was covering unrest in Jenin, a…

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My Body, My Choice: Aborting Stigma

These past few days, a debate raging in the US over termination of pregnancy/abortion is emblematic of the continued jostling…

2 years ago
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Saving 700 Trees & Much Ecological Heartache

The Green Meadows Housing Society in Bhopal's Arera Hills area lies at the juncture of old and new city areas.…

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Making Sense Of The Business Of War

The Russia-Ukraine conflict, also termed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, began on February 24, 2022. In less than two months, there…

2 years ago
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‘Akhand Bharat’: Opening A Pandora’s Box

With his recent statement, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has ruffled many feathers and raised the hackles of…

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A Viral Photograph, A Ready Reckoner

Earlier this week, the photograph of a group of men went viral on social media. They had all been stripped…

2 years ago

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