The Price of Life
Here’s an evocative real-life account of the survivors during the partition, in 1947. A little lad was celebrating the survival of his mother and him, dancing the Bhangra –...
Chocolate Ad. Not Made for the Lynch Mob: WhatsApp Mobs Reduce Law and Order to Naught
WhatsApp, the messaging app is also a killer. A gatherer of mobs. Instigator of mobs. Mohammad Azam got lynched by a ‘WhatsApp mob’. Despite WhatsApp’s assurances that steps had...
M is the Flavour of the Month: From Muslim to Maryam, Macron and Mbappe
To sense what Modi is thinking and is up to, look at the Opposition. The picture shows a galaxy of out-of-power politicians lined up on stage with right hands...
Congress in Kerala Scores a Self-Goal
What lends further credence to the perception that Congress is not serious about its proclaimed resolve to fight the forces of communalism – a criticism frequently voiced by the...
Labour Issues Will Play a Key Role in Monsoon Session of Parliament
There are thirteen bills listed for Parliament’s monsoon session. Apart, there are six ordinances which will be replaced in the form of bills. Among the pending bills, there are...
Supreme Court Bench Receptive to Protecting Rights for Gays
The Centre submitted to the Supreme Court that they would leave it to the ‘wisdom’ of the court, and not contest the demand for ‘decriminalisation of adult consensual sexual...
High Tax Rates Inducing Tax Evasion, Avoidance: Need to Lower GST, Direct Tax to Improve Compliance
When it comes to payment of taxes, direct or indirect, the picture produces an anti-climax. Tax payments to the government by Indians do not commensurate with either their income...
Human Rights Justice: Methods of Testimonial Therapy to Generate Human Rights Movement – II
In the second and final part of the research article, Amit, our Editor-at-Large (Europe) examines the methods of Testimonial Therapy (TT) to generate the human rights movement. He tells...
Status of Childescents in India Worrying, says CRY Report
The report coming out on the World Population Day, last week, highlights that there are nearly a 100million childescents between 15 and 18 years in India, and this huge population...
The Unseemly Noise over Taj Mahal: Judges Wade into Unchartered Territory
“Either we will shut down the Taj Mahal or you demolish or restore it”, a two-member bench comprising Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta were reported to have...