The Nowhere Migrant
Tinku takes a hard look at the underbelly of labour trafficking. Railway coolies are paid a paltry sum to undertake this risky job. One poor man sells another for just...
A Daylong Journey Along the Sutlej
Ruchira takes us on a tour of Bhakra Dam, the industrial town, Nangal, Anandpur Sahib and the revered Keshgarh Sahib Gurdwara. All these along the Sutlej River. An exclusive...
Partition Museum: Scars That Still Speak
Dr. Nabanita SenguptaDr. Nabanita Sengupta is an Assistant Professor in English, Sarsuna College, Kolkata. She is associated with She as a creative writer, a translator and concerned with issues...
With Imran Khan at Helm, Pak Army Grip Gets Stronger
A former cricketer great, Imran has been bowling on a doctored pitch and had the help of the third umpire— Pakistan’s army-ISI combine. According to an Islamabad High Court...
Creamy Layer Turns Messy and Uncanny: Supreme Court Bench Skips Most Contentious Issues
The decision by a vacation bench of the Supreme Court in a case about reservation in promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes last week may not have been...
Only Big Farmers Benefit from Write-Offs
Last year, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Punjab undertook large-scale farm debt waivers, costing half a percent of the entire GDP of India, and Andhra Pradesh recently announced a loan...
G-String Holding the Alliance Together: Congress Slowly Getting Back to Centre of Action
Opposition unity has still a long way to go, blighted as it is by individual personal ambitions. There are wheels within wheels in the opposition. And when Rahul Gandhi...
Banks Being Penalised While Big Fraudsters are at Large
Quizzically, PNB, a victim of the world’s biggest bank fraud ever, is out of RBI’s first prompt corrective action (PCA) list. The biggest global bank fraudster, Nirav Modi, who...
PPP, PTI Adopt Tactical Truce to Remember Black Day: Pak Right Wing Parties Try to Exploit Rift
On this day during the regime of Pervez Musharraf, nearly 50 people were killed, with hundreds injured due to a sanguinary riot between the political activists of Musharraf-backed Muttahida...
Asaram Gets Life Imprisonment: Vote Loss Fears Hold Political Parties from Hailing Verdict
The Dongi Guru, who uses the crazy Bhagwan Dada-style dance routine to get into the head of devotees, is a master of the possible. He injects himself into minds...