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Motherhood has a priceSubscriber Only

May 11,2025 07:10:48 AM

It is automatically assumed that since women give birth and breastfeed, reproduction and childcare are their concerns alone. So it falls to them to efficiently manage their responsibilities towards their children as well as work. And if they are unable to do this for any reason, they should simply quit and retreat to their homes, anyway regarded as their primary realm.

Sun, May 11, 2025

Vinesh is set to contest from Haryana’s Julana Assembly seat. Whether she will win or not, remains to be seen.

Vinesh Phogat readies for another boutSubscriber Only

September 15,2024 07:20:11 AM

Now, Vinesh has entered a new arena — electoral politics. Unlike sports, where persistence, regular training and hard work are highly likely to pay, electoral politics is a circuitous struggle without defined principles or practices.

Sun, Sep 15, 2024

Deleting Mughal history: Weaponising the past, hurting studentsSubscriber Only

April 26,2023 13:29:37 PM

Despotism of earlier rulers cannot be judged through the lens of liberal democracy simply because the concept of democracy itself was created centuries later. It is essential, instead, to nurture a historical sensibility in students so they can think critically

Wed, Apr 26, 2023

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Putting up with patrilocalitySubscriber Only

April 09,2023 07:15:14 AM

Patrilocality is crucial to sustaining the preference for male children and the practices of affording better food, health and educational facilities to sons vis-à-vis daughters.

Sun, Apr 09, 2023

Veer Bal Diwas: Can we honour our turbulent pasts by fostering healing, not hate?Subscriber Only

December 29,2022 14:00:48 PM

The present, not just the past, is involved in selective memorialising of the martyrdom of Gobind Singh’s sons at the hands of Mughal forces in early 18th century

Thu, Dec 29, 2022

How the legacy of Bhopal’s Muslim rulers is being erasedSubscriber Only

November 20,2021 04:30:18 AM

Anshu Saluja writes: The renaming of Habibganj Railway Station is part of the project to craft a polarised present.

Sun, Nov 21, 2021