Month November 2017
A Life of Contradictions: by -SIDDHARTH ADELKAR The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the most prominent representative of Indian private industry, wished to prove that “reservations” don’t work. In India, a certain percentage of government jobs and higher education… Continue Reading →
Patients Share Bed As Hospital Vacates Floor For Raman Singh’s Family Aishwarya Singh, the daughter-in-law of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman SIngh, was admitted to Raipur’s Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial hospital, where four babies had died in August. Mr Singh’s party… Continue Reading →
As the controversy around Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Padmavati thickens, there are newer voices coming up — some in support while some against the film’s release which in itself is a serious bone of contention. Recently veteran actress and multiple-National Award… Continue Reading →
Polling for municipal bodies in UP will be held on Nov 22, 26 and 29, and the ruling BJP is pulling out all stops to win them. In a chilling and open threat to Muslims, a local Bharatiya Janata Party… Continue Reading →
By Rajiv Shah Did Narendra Modi’s top bureaucrats from the Gujarat cadre, currently in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), work out a well-planned strategy to lobby with three top international institutes, all headquartered in Washington, World Bank, Moody’s and Pew,… Continue Reading →
HIGHLIGHTS The Aadhaar issuing body took note of the breach and got the data removed from those websites. It said Aadhaar details have never been made public from or by the UIDAI. The Centre is in the process of making… Continue Reading →
Stories of a Rajput queen The Padmavati story, like many others, has undergone several mutations. Ramya Sreenivasan has traced the wide circulation and mutation of the story from North India and Rajasthan to Bengal from the 16th to the 20th century… Continue Reading →
Meet the slam poets who pack quite a feminist punch with their raw and honest words on gender bias and disparity [email protected] When 19-year-old Aranya Johar wrote and performed her poem, ‘A Brown Girl’s Guide to Gender’ on Women’s Day,… Continue Reading →
Another airport shocker: Lufthansa locked me up for 4 hours in Munich, says visually-impaired flier ARGHYA ROY CHOWDHURY | Nidhi Goyal, the activist, is demanding a formal apology, compensation for the trauma faced and also a formal action plan for course… Continue Reading →
R. Krishnamoorthy Disability rights activist Rajiv Rajan in Tiruchi on Friday. Staff say they were apprehensive that bed would be soiled A wheel-chair bound human rights activist afflicted by severe cerebral palsy was denied accommodation in a city hotel late… Continue Reading →