Maja Daruwala
The writer is board member and senior advisor, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Mon, Dec 28, 2020
Prolongation of these so-called criminal cases is unconscionable, as is forcing vulnerable people into remaining in hotspots of increased infection and fatal risk.
Mon, Jul 13, 2020
At 158, India’s police to population ratio (police staff per 1,00,000 citizens) is one of the worst in the world. It lags well behind its neighbours.
Mon, Jun 15, 2020
The police will need to strive to become a force of social cohesion benignly influencing politics, rather than politics influencing it in order to divide us and rule.
Fri, Sep 27, 2019
Torture is an endemic characteristic of Indian policing. A commitment to eradicating it requires the police force as a whole to have zero tolerance for the practice besides a specific anti-torture law.
Thu, Dec 20, 2018
Even without political support, there is much the police leadership can do to reform itself, and create a force suitable for a democracy. The failure of everyday performance and emergency response and the strictures and censure that follow should have compelled the leadership to take active steps yet much has been left unattended.
Wed, Feb 07, 2018
The suicide of an officer in Punjab may have a back story: It speaks of the decay in law enforcement
Mon, May 15, 2017
Leila Seth wanted to be here, push back at the evil of the day, be part of the healing
Thu, Sep 22, 2016
A decade after ‘Prakash Singh’ judgement, police reform remains undone.
Fri, Sep 09, 2016
Political executive and police management must share blame for crime in Delhi
Mon, Jun 27, 2016
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw died this day in 2008. A daughter remembers.
Tue, Feb 09, 2016
Outrage over police assault on students is meaningless till it leads to disciplinary action
Wed, Nov 26, 2014
Police needs to stop passing the buck for poor service to interfering politicians.
Mon, Jun 16, 2014
True democracies celebrate involvement of citizens, make consultation a habit
Tue, Mar 27, 2012
The UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka was a game-changer. Now the council must deliver on its promise
Fri, Mar 09, 2012
India should assert leadership at the UN Human Rights Council,and insist on concrete answers and actions
Fri, Dec 11, 2009
The 61 st anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10 provides occasion to reflect...
Sat, Oct 01, 2005
The fate of the new Right to Information Act, 2005, may turn out to be much like that of many a girl child in India — damned at birth. ...
Fri, Jun 17, 2005
Sati is back. Thank God and the Rajasthan Tourist Board. In 1987, when the law against Sati was passed, I lobbied for it. But I know now tha...