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A flooded Mumbai street.

A pocketful of sky

Activities ranging from days to season mainly depend on weather conditions.

12 Sept 2017 1:16 AM IST

If marijuana is legalised, the whole mindset of parents who currently think it is wrong for their children to smoke will change over time and they will be more lenient if they find out their children are doing it.

One million dead junkies can't be wrong!

Multiple studies have suggested that use of marijuana over the years has only negative effects on the user.

4 Sept 2017 2:19 AM IST

Marijuana is already easily available and hence many are getting easily hooked on to it.

Keep off the grass!

Marijuana also is a gateway drug and that increases the chances of an individual trying out many other drugs.

4 Sept 2017 2:17 AM IST

The role of cannabis in the management of cancer is of interest because of its effect on an individuals mood, pain, and its hallucinating effects.

India's on a roll?

When cannabis was compared to a placebo for pain relief, predictably it was more effective.

4 Sept 2017 2:15 AM IST

An American national who was allegedly drugged and gangraped at a hotel in Delhi in April, has returned to India to record her statement and identify the accused. (Representational image)

Who will stop a husband from raping his wife?

The marital rape exception in the IPC has another grave problem, that of age groups.

28 Aug 2017 3:16 AM IST

Many girls were given a banned drug and raped and sold to brothels. (Represntative Image)

Help those marred by marital rape

Sexual assault is not confined to penetrative sex. It comprises a range of violations.

28 Aug 2017 3:11 AM IST

Current debates that hinge on what is the right age to be able to give consent to sexual intercourse are not new.

Unholy matrimony: Rape by statute

Women find it difficult to prove and report marital rape due to economic and emotional reasons.

28 Aug 2017 3:09 AM IST

Police torture isnt the only cause of unlawful custodial death. NCRB statistics show 1,584 deaths in prison in 2015, pointing to a death every six hours. (Representational image)

Getting away with torture in India

Despite strict laws, ill-treatment of prisoners continue unabated in prisons.

20 Aug 2017 2:49 AM IST

Arthur Road Prison

Tortured, Abused, Scarred for Life

The ATS and prison staffers put us through inhumane torture for a long period.

20 Aug 2017 2:40 AM IST

Senior prison authorities and officers from Nagpada police station are examining the jail premises.

Wait, men at wreck in prisons

The Indian prison system comprehensively ignores the human rights of prisoners, deeming these to be non-existent.

20 Aug 2017 2:34 AM IST

Institutionalised corruption ensures that our jails are always peopled with more inmates than the space can hold. Jail personnel complain of being under-staffed.

Orange is the new black

Corruption is the root cause of the ills that afflict the judicial process system in our beloved country.

20 Aug 2017 2:30 AM IST

Criticism of rewriting history has occurred more often when centre-right forces are in places of power and are able to influence history-writing.

Rewriting history is a distortion

History as a true narrative cannot be faulted. But history as an interpretative narrative can take angles, justified and...

13 Aug 2017 2:18 AM IST