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Nirbhayas mother Asha Devi outside the court on Wednesday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

A letter to Asha Devi, mother of Nirbhaya'

In the Indian Penal Code, the punishment for rape is now 10 years of imprisonment, even as it is a criminal offence and...

20 Dec 2019 5:52 AM IST

Sunetra Choudhury

Don't believe in death penalty, even for Nirbhaya rapists'

The death penalty has no place in a civilised society. A civilised society does not exact revenge on a convict, says...

15 Dec 2019 6:44 AM IST

It is a metafiction on her experiences at the JLF which will soon complete its 15th year. (Photo: Pixabay)

Short and lively first look at Jaipur 2020

The festival began with the launch of Namita's novel, Jaipur Journals.

13 Dec 2019 2:17 AM IST

Madhurima Nundy (3rd from left) and Rama V. Baru (4th) at the launch of their book at India International Centre Annexe in New Delhi.

Health policy pointers for India in China's tryst with privatisation

The Chinese government's role today is split between public funding of social insurance for curative services and...

25 Nov 2019 6:43 AM IST

Abhijit Banerjee, this years Nobel laureate in Economics

'India may have walked out of RCEP too early'

The nature of the bureaucratic beast is a bit against the spirit of doing something long term.

8 Nov 2019 1:45 AM IST

Shopping has moved online, now more eco-conscious

Sophie shares with Sucheta Dasgupta how the activity of shopping has changed in the West over the past two decades.

20 Oct 2019 3:43 AM IST

The Merman and the book of power, By musharraf ali farooqi Aleph pp 197; Rs 499.

Fables from Caliphate in a cross-species love story

The legend of Gog and Magog and the Iron Gates built to keep them away from human civilisation has also been...

4 Oct 2019 2:53 AM IST

Women from across the country during a March for Change in New Delhi on Thrusday. (Photo: BIPLAB BANERJEE)

Women march to highlight feminist issues in politics

Nationwide, the participation at the 146 venues where the march was organised was between 10,000 and 20,000.

5 April 2019 2:20 AM IST

Social activist Anjali Bharadwaj, policy expert Soma K.P., scholar Dipta Bhog and human rights campaigner Shabnam Hashmi and Nandini Rao at the Indian Women Press Corps on Tuesday.

Women to march for their rights tomorrow

It will begin from Mandi House at 11 am and culminate at Jantar Mantar.

3 April 2019 2:07 AM IST

Festival Stories: Through the Year by Rachna Chhabria HarperCollinsChildrensBooks Rs 250

Knowing India through festivals and recipes

It is both no-nonsense and entertaining, and put together with a great deal of care and humour.

31 March 2019 4:49 AM IST

10 Women Who Changed Science and the World By Catherine Whitlock and Rhodri Evans Hachette, Â£13.99

Pathfinding in obscurity: Science's sheroes

The research that has gone into reconstructing the lives of each scientist is fool-proof.

24 March 2019 2:37 AM IST