India, Aug. 11 -- It is said he wept after his conviction, that he begged the judge to go easy on him, that he was innocent, a victim of a "political conspiracy", that he was only 34, a good student. ... Read More
India, Aug. 9 -- Anchal Bhateja knew she was breaking a barrier as the first blind woman to appear before the Supreme Court in June this year. But, she says, she was "worried about how I would reach t... Read More
India, Aug. 4 -- It's a story playing on loop from Guwahati to Allahabad, Delhi to Meghalaya. The plot line is more or less the same: Teenagers in love. He's 18, 19, or maybe 20. She's 17 or 16. Every... Read More
India, July 28 -- Shobha, the mother of a daughter who needs fortnightly hospital visits for a chronic kidney ailment, is talking about how her life changed after the Karnataka government introduced f... Read More
India, July 26 -- Are we done with our thin-lipped moralising over what some are calling Coldplaygate? You do know what I'm talking about, the video of the man and woman, he's got her in a tight cinch... Read More
India, July 21 -- The 20-year-old student told her college principal that her head of department Samir Kumar Sahu was asking her for sexual favours and, when she turned him down, began harassing her a... Read More
India, July 14 -- Time is running out for Nimisha Priya, the nurse from Kerala on death row in Yemen. The date for her execution has been set for July 16; it was communicated by the director general o... Read More
India, July 12 -- Learning to say no to an abusive marriage This is an appeal to the parents of daughters. Marriage is not their final destination. It is career and financial independence. Girls are ... Read More
India, July 7 -- Another day another rape and, of course, political points are flying fast and thick. Yet again, the BJP says West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee must resign. Yet again, Banerje... Read More
India, June 30 -- Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a front-seat car crash. Yet, the dummy used in vehicle tests by the US highway traffic safety administration is modelled almost "entirely o... Read More