Apartheid: How Fair is Fair?
The lighter the skin, the higher you are held in society’s esteem, in India. Being melanin deficit is a virtue. A healthy proportion of melanin in our skin might...
When Solutions are worse than Problems: Analysing Amendments in POCSO and Rape Laws
The death penalty of convicts, definitely, does not hold an answer to the burning question of a rise in rape and related crimes. Even Justice Verma Committee has said,...
Biplab Deb Insulting Diana Hayden no Surprise: Tripura CM Betrays Sangh View of Minorities
Biplab Deb is a product of this xenophobic tradition, which gives pride of place to religion over the constitutional rights of every citizen, irrespective of his or her faith. ...
The Enchanting, Enigmatic Turban and Other Headdresses for Women – VI
In the sixth and last part of the erudite research article, Fashionista Shameena tells us about turbans and other headdresses, particularly for women. She traces the current trends, tracing...
RSS is Serious in Turning Taj Mahal into a Temple
BJP M.P Vinay Katiyar’s warning about converting the Taj Mahal to “our temple”, the Tejo Mandir, as the hate rant of a well-known rabble-rouser, needs to be taken seriously....
The Enchanting Story of the Indian Sari – I
In today’s India, there are 6.5 million people involved in the production of handloom saris. Although the structure of saris is mostly the same, Indian woman have much room...
Cakes or Kebabs: We owe it to the Alien Cultures
Ruchira tells us how the composite Indian culture developed synergizing with other cultures, which the jingoists prefer to call alien, something that is corrupting the pure Hindu culture. Read...
Hinduism Never Considered Homosexuality a Disease or a Crime
The lines dividing male and female, heterosexual and homosexual were blurred in ancient India. These tales have been passed on from one generation to another with pride. Perhaps they...
Rana Safvi: The Untold Story
The world knows her as a famous historian who came out with her first book at the age of 58, a firm believer in the Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb of India...
A Child murdered in Ryan; Tom Alter Fights Cancer; Sasikala Ousted; Blast in London Tube and Rohingya Refugees
This week, Shail recasts five major events in the week that was in verse. A seven-year-child was brutally murdered in Ryan International School, Gurgaon, actor Tom Alter fights Cancer,...