Friday, May 17, 2024 | Last Update : 02:11 PM IST
Shashank Tripathi
Father of Green Revolution MS Swaminathan No More
Swaminathan was commended by Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug as the driving force behind the Green Revolution in Asia
28 Sep 2023 11:28 PM
What media is not telling us about AIMPLB’s stand
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has given to the Supreme Court its opinion on triple talaq and polygamy.
11 Sep 2016 1:29 AM
Stop this brutality, it shames India
The blockbuster Marathi film Sairat (Wild), rated as the most important film of 2016, has grossed Rs 80 crores in 29 days and is heading towards surpassing the Rs 100-crore magic figure.
10 Jun 2016 6:52 AM
Every sin must be punished
Sexual abuse of women and children by spiritual gurus and swamis is not uncommon in India. Most involve long-term abuse of young women, which started when they were minors.
13 May 2016 12:38 AM
Desperate housewives
A recent article published in the British medical journal Wired has brought out an alarming fact: that suicides have toppled the more conventional cause of death, maternal mortality (deaths due to pre
05 May 2016 11:05 PM
The extraordinary ordinary
Each of the five women awarded on the occasion of European Day of the Righteous, which was held on March 8 this year to coincide with International Women’s Day in Milan, Italy, had a heroic story that
17 Mar 2016 12:45 AM
Sexual violence and its domino effect
Three years ago, when we had just started Rahat, a survivor support programme for rape victims, I had gone to meet a 16-year-old in a shelter home situated in the congested part of the old city in sou
10 Feb 2016 5:40 AM
Turning victims into survivors
Justices of Madras high court while hearing rape cases have been passing sensational comments. In June 2015, Justice D.
29 Jan 2016 6:01 AM
Retributive justice
Will the suggested penalty of chemical castration for child rapists bring down the incidents of child rapes in the country
19 Jan 2016 10:43 PM
Parliamentarians and patriarchal mindsets
The mounting public pressure against the release of the juvenile, at the expiry of the three-year sentence — the maximum which can be awarded to a juvenile offender — has led to a knee-jerk amendment
27 Dec 2015 6:03 AM
Vagaries of our justice system
As we approach the third anniversary of the gruesome gangrape and murder of the paramedic in Delhi, it has become ritualistic to take stock of what has happened since then.
13 Dec 2015 5:38 AM
Women & the uniform civil code
The October 16 judgment of a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, on a bunch of petitions in respect of whether the amendment of 2005 to the Hindu Succession Act (The Amendment Act) is prospective or
21 Nov 2015 6:20 AM
Compassion, a matter of rights
Within a political climate of minority bashing, the request for derecognition of their adoption centres by the Missionaries of Charity (MoC), the religious institution founded by Mother Teresa, has ac
05 Nov 2015 11:02 PM
1 of 1
Columns
The Iranian port of Chabahar, crucial for Indo-Iranian trade & regional connectivity, is up for major upgrades under a new 10-year agreement
Home Ministry seeks input to modernize pre-Independence laws, Official Secrets Act and Explosive Substances Act, amid electoral backdrop
Delhi navigates Male-Beijing proximity as Indo-Pacific tensions rise, emphasizing regional stability amidst maritime disputes
As elections unfold, substantive debates give way to rhetoric, highlighting a gap between democratic ideals and political realities.