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...
Shalini Rai
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
‘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...
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...
AFSPA Removal Comes Not A Day Too Soon
The recent decision by the government to remove the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from certain areas of Nagaland,...
Examining Torture And Custodial Deaths
Earlier this week, the Lok Sabha was informed that over 2,150 deaths took place in judicial custody and 155 deaths...
The Kashmir Files: Courting Controversy
'The Kashmir Files' has run into trouble again. After being delayed first by financial constraints and then by the COVID-19...
West, Look Within Before Looking East
In the past few days, substantial digital and print column space has been dedicated to India's stand on the Ukraine...
Opinion: Giving Peace A Chance
As Russia's plans for invading Ukraine were in the final stages on Thursday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged Russian...
Honour Killings, Acquittals & Pleas For Justice
On February 14, 2022, a court acquitted Muhammad Waseem, the brother of Qandeel Baloch, of her murder. Waseem had strangulated...
‘Hijab’ Row: A Piece Of Cloth, A Gaping Rift
Article 25 of the Constitution Of India grants to its citizens the "Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and...
Expediting Criminalisation Of Marital Rape
In what is a shocking development but also a reflection of the dominant, overwhelmingly patriarchal strain of thought in our...
Opinion: Netaji And His Chequered Legacy
The recent news cycle has thrown up two main versions of the historical endowments of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and...
Youngest Woman To Fly Solo Around The World
Making memories of outstanding aviator Amelia Earhart come to life again, 19-year-old Zara Rutherford has become the youngest woman to...
Making Sense Of Misogyny, Then & Now
Last week, actor Siddharth made news for the wrong reasons. Commenting on a tweet by badminton player Saina Nehwal, he...
A Look At The ‘Bulli Bai’ App Case & Our Youth
The alleged mastermind of the egregious 'Bulli Bai' app has been arrested. He is a 21-year old app developer and...
In Memoriam: Danish Siddiqui, ‘Journalist Of The Year’
Pulitzer awardee photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who died during an assignment in Afghanistan on July 16, 2021, has been posthumously awarded...
Violence Against Women By Other Women
A few days ago, a Dharma Sansad was held in Haridwar, the holy city on the banks of the holy...
