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In its desperate race to feed news-hungry 24/7 media channels and print media outlets fighting for circulation, the media is consuming itself. There’s no evidence of editorial gate-keeping, says GEETA SESHU, hoot.org Posted/Updated Tuesday, Aug 27 12:43:31, 2013 The gang-rape of the photojournalist… Continue Reading →
For A Pound Of Flesh This is not the first time Central and state governments have promised rape compensation to survivors. What is the cost of this tokenism, asks Nishita Jha NISHITA JHA 2013-08-31 , Issue 35 Volume 10 Illustration: Naorem… Continue Reading →
Many men still believe the frontier of purity lies inside the woman’s body. Where does that leave the idea of women having control over their own bodies? Urvashi Butalia,Livemint Illustration by Jayachandran/Mint Some 35 years ago, the British immigration authorities… Continue Reading →
in central India File photo shows Indian protestors marching in Guwahati in protest to the gang-rape of a student in New Delhi. Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:49AM A 7-year-old girl has been raped in the restroom of a running train… Continue Reading →
The Bengal-Network organised a screening of ‘A letter to my daughter’, a documentary by Soumitra Dasdidar, on June 20, 2013. The screening was attended by some 45 people from different walks of life. The film was made some… Continue Reading →
Vol – XLVIII No. 30, July 27, 2013 | Rahul Banerjee, EPW Two decades have elapsed since the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act institutionalised panchayati raj as the mandatory third tier of governance in India. Yet due to a lack of extensive… Continue Reading →
Shalini Singh, Hindustan Times July 24, 2013 I came to Delhi when I was three. My father was a lawyer and mother, a home-maker. My parents had decided that I should live with my childless aunt. I stayed with her in… Continue Reading →
Mihir S Sharma | New Delhi July 23, 2013 , BS Q&A with Nobel prize-winning economist Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, who has just written An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions with Jean Dreze, tellsMihir S Sharma that he… Continue Reading →