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Stop Switching Channels!

NEW DELHI, Oct. 7 -- It's a day and night journey by car between Dubai and Israel. In Dubai, the Women's T20 championship is being held, and cricketing countries wait with bated breaths as their women... Read More


Darkness, Light and Progress!

NEW DELHI, Sept. 30 -- Many decades ago, while in my teens, I loved taking the double-decker bus from the city. I would run up the stairs to the upper deck, rush to the front seat, and enjoy a gloriou... Read More


Regularly Radical: The Art of Harmonising Consistency with Courage

NEW DELHI, Sept. 30 -- Regularity and radicality are two fundamental dimensions of life that everyone must engage with at some point. These concepts, often perceived as opposites, are, in fact, comple... Read More


Sacred Trust Betrayed: The Tirupati Laddu Controversy

NEW DELHI, Sept. 30 -- The recent controversy surrounding the Tirupati Laddu, one of India's most revered religious offerings, has sparked a profound firestorm of religious, political, and social deba... Read More


Is Adulteration Restricted only to Prasadams?

NEW DELHI, Sept. 30 -- Laddus has become a hot news topic. For all these years, the devotees at the Tirupati temple have consumed the laddus without any suspicion. Since it is a temple prasadam, there... Read More


Bring Back Gandhiji for a Second Liberation

NEW DELHI, Sept. 30 -- Every year, India celebrates October 2 as Gandhi Jayanti to pay homage to the Father of the Nation and recommit ourselves to the principles and values he practised in his person... Read More


Badlapur Rape: Revenge as Justice

NEW DELHI, Sept. 30 -- I first heard about Badlapur when a film by the same name with its English translation, 'The City of Revenge,' written in brackets, was released in 2015. The film was a success,... Read More


Unsafe by Default The Tragic Reality for Women

NEW DELHI, Sept. 30 -- In the quiet, suburban streets of Pune's Mahalunge, a heinous crime unfolded on September 22 that sent shockwaves through the country. An 85-year-old woman, in the tranquil sanc... Read More


Crimes Against Women and the Toxic Masculinity Behind It

NEW DELHI, Sept. 30 -- While it is anguishing to see the number of crimes against women and children being reported every single day, it is even more appalling to think that these are only the ones th... Read More