Society

Muslim women are in favour of gender-just laws, but Muslim women’s groups recognise that the women have to contest both the Muslim Personal Law and the politics around the demonisation of everything…

'Caste Pride' foregrounds the wide geography of legislative reform from before Independence with reference to caste, and points to the central role played by Dalit legislators in this…

The Pasmanda movement sees solidarity amongst the backward and ‘untouchable’ castes across all religions as an antidote to communal polarisation.

A tribute to the renowned cinematographer and photographer, jazz aficionado, and motorcycle enthusiast who packed three lives into one.

Indians and Pakistanis are similar and yet different; similar in outlook and concerns but different because of the different paths their societies have taken. But if we define one in opposition to…

The nation celebrates with gusto the joys and exhilarations of sporting moments. But it falls silent when the powerful are interrogated for violating the rights of sportspersons under their care,…

Progress towards universal maternity benefits, sluggish as it was in the first place, has gone into reverse gear in the last few years.

The idea of Athens as mother of democracy was pushed by modern scholars of ancient Greece and Rome. Ancient Greek and Roman writers on India themselves found several similarities with political…

The BJP was soundly defeated in the Karnataka Assembly election because the poor in the state decided enough was enough and voted for the Congress. However, the voting numbers show that the BJP’s…

In coal mining districts, the nature of labour dependence on working coal may change over time, but generations will continue to rely on the industry for their livelihoods. This leaves coal…