Cracker Compromise

Supreme Court ahead of Diwali: Won't impose total ban on firecrackers, nor allow unrestricted use. Green crackers allowed with time limits, NEERI stud...

Gandhi's First Vote Fight

On Gandhi Jayanti, recall young Gandhi in South Africa fought not satyagraha but for right to vote. When India erases voters via SIR, C Uday Bhas...

Slur On Screen

Calcutta HC says casteist slur on social media attracts SC/ST Act. Public view transcends physical space into digital domain, closes loophole used by ...

Breathless Capital

Delhi is going into a winter lockdown of its own pollution. No construction for 40 days, half staff at home, parking fees doubled. Can the capital fin...

The Island That Emptied

Cuba has lost up to a quarter of its people since 2020 — not to war but to despair. From 11.2 million to possibly 8 million, an island emptying.

The Ledger Of Abuse

Bank Accounts Reveal The Fingerprints Of Abusive Financial Control

From NIRBHAYA To ASTHA KUNJ: Nothing Has Changed

Anger on Streets After Teen's Gangrape. Placards read "RE-PUBLIC IS NOW RAPEUBLIC" and "AM I NEXT? CHANGE THE SYSTEM." On Wednesday, around 200 studen...

The Rhino's Return: More Than A Number

Saving The Rhino, Restoring Grasslands. For India, the greater one-horned rhinoceros is not just a species. It is the Brahmaputra floodplains, writes ...

Stars Must Spread Light, Not Sell Poison

President at National Film Awards: Do Not Endorse Harmful Products. At the 72nd National Film Awards, held for the first time outside Delhi — in Ekta ...