The writer teaches at Ashoka University.
October 27, 2009 02:43 IST
Demographics,Mumbai hobble opposition to Congress in Maharashtra
Tue, Oct 27, 2009October 09, 2009 02:18 IST
Chhattisgarh-based doctor BINAYAK SEN was arrested in May 2007 for his alleged links with Naxalites. Following a public campaign for his release,he was granted bail by the Supreme Court in May 2009.
Fri, Oct 09, 2009September 24, 2009 01:36 IST
With Maharashtra,Arunachal Pradesh and Haryana facing Assembly elections next month,ticket-seekers and their cars parked across Copernicus Marg in Lutyens Delhi is causing major traffic jams on the busy stretch in the rush hours of late.
Thu, Sep 24, 2009September 21, 2009 02:58 IST
Robert Borks America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions,blacks would sit at segregated lunch...
Mon, Sep 21, 2009September 10, 2009 04:58 IST
Furious that campus elections had been postponed,students of Madhav College,Ujjain went on a rampage in 2006.
Thu, Sep 10, 2009August 06, 2009 01:36 IST
Disability rights activists have welcomed Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibals Lok Sabha speech,made before the landmark...
Thu, Aug 06, 2009August 04, 2009 06:41 IST
Responding to concerns raised by activists that the Right to Education Bill excludes disabled children from its ambit....
Tue, Aug 04, 2009August 03, 2009 05:50 IST
The Right to Education Bill,likely to be passed by Lok Sabha on Monday,is at the centre of a new row with disability activists alleging....
Mon, Aug 03, 2009July 29, 2009 02:58 IST
When Republicans describe tax cuts for the rich as tax relief,says renowned cognitive scientist George Lakoff,the listener imagines a hapless victim suffering pain and understands the need to relieve him.
Wed, Jul 29, 2009July 03, 2009 04:01 IST
Expanding the scope of an Indian citizens rights by equating sexual orientation with the Constitutionally protected identities of gender,caste,religion and race...
Fri, Jul 03, 2009July 03, 2009 03:24 IST
You seem to have gathered much evidence that homosexuality is not a disease...
Fri, Jul 03, 2009July 03, 2009 01:59 IST
For the lawyers arguing to decriminalise homosexuality,it became crucial to demonstrate the actual harm that Section 377 caused...
Fri, Jul 03, 2009July 03, 2009 01:15 IST
The Delhi High Courts historic decision to decriminalise gay sex equates sexual orientation with gender,caste,and religion....
Fri, Jul 03, 2009July 01, 2009 09:14 IST
The Delhi High Courts verdict on the validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal code is likely be pronounced on Thursday.
Wed, Jul 01, 2009July 01, 2009 05:13 IST
What Shopian and Shiney tell us about our rape laws...
Wed, Jul 01, 2009May 30, 2009 01:47 IST
The current Lok Sabha has 81 MPs who are 40 years old or younger,an achievement considering the average MP is in his mid-50s...
Sat, May 30, 2009May 26, 2009 02:18 IST
In May 2007,Illina Sen,57,was holidaying with her mother in Bengal when she got a call from her husband,Chhattisgarh-based doctor Binayak Sen....
Tue, May 26, 2009May 18, 2009 01:54 IST
To see Mumbai the Bal Thackeray way,just hang around his house.
Mon, May 18, 2009May 07, 2009 23:25 IST
As the heat in Delhi hits forty three degrees,the crowd waits patiently under a massive blue-white cloth-tent.
Thu, May 07, 2009April 25, 2009 00:26 IST
I can never endorse violence; I have always condemned violence in any form,whatever the justification.
Sat, Apr 25, 2009April 23, 2009 03:15 IST
"I only saw (sitting MP and Congress candidate) Sandeep Dikshit when he was campaigning in 2004. I voted for him,but haven't seen him since. All these politicians are the same. I'm sure even (BJP candidate) Chetan Chauhan won't come back once he is elected."
Thu, Apr 23, 2009April 23, 2009 03:10 IST
In 1979,under the mild English sun,Chetan Chauhan played the innings of his life a record-breaking first-wicket partnership of 213 runs with Sunil Gavaskar.
Thu, Apr 23, 2009March 31, 2009 00:59 IST
L.K. Advani recently asked the UPA to pressure Swiss banks to reveal their Indian account holders. Vinay Sitapati explains the context:
Tue, Mar 31, 2009March 30, 2009 01:12 IST
On March 19,Varun Gandhi appealed to the Allahabad High Court to quash the criminal case filed against him for making hate speeches in Pilibhit.
Mon, Mar 30, 2009March 19, 2009 22:48 IST
Varun Gandhi must be punished; but hes not the only one in the dock
Thu, Mar 19, 2009