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July 16,2024 07:54:31 AM
Reuters Digital News Report 2024 findings signal important shifts. News is increasingly something that is shareable, strikes an intimate chord
Tue, Jul 16, 2024December 29,2019 23:42:42 PM
But is this just a short break in the onward march of Savarkarite Hindutva, or a decisive reclamation of common citizenship by the common Indian?
Mon, Dec 30, 2019September 13,2019 00:01:13 AM
At a time when India is searching for a top slot in the global order and possibly a seat in the Security Council, obligations undertaken by India vis-a-vis a slew of international treaties have either been discarded or trampled upon in NRC procedures.
Fri, Sep 13, 2019July 10,2019 01:16:22 AM
How do we assess Vigilantism 2.0 against the backdrop of Modi Sarkar 2.0? The first aspect in the Ansari killing was that, in contrast to that of Akhlaq, it did not involve beef.
Wed, Jul 10, 2019March 30,2019 01:30:45 AM
Announcement of Mission Shakti highlighted PM’s capacity for mass messaging
Sat, Mar 30, 2019January 02,2019 01:07:20 AM
Tavleen Singh is a legend, but on #MeToo, she misses the point.
Wed, Jan 02, 2019October 12,2018 00:07:01 AM
Everyone enthused by the MeToo movement must watch out for the blowback. It will come
Fri, Oct 12, 2018October 03,2017 00:11:49 AM
The counter-narrative this time is not just about ideas, but the economy as well
Tue, Oct 03, 2017August 18,2017 01:01:33 AM
PM needs to ask himself why under his watch this country has become a fearful place
Fri, Aug 18, 2017July 04,2017 00:00:10 AM
Byculla jail riot must trigger important inquiries into the institution of the jail. The temerity that the woman prisoner, Manjula Shetye, demonstrated in complaining about missing items in the food allotted to her ward defied a central expectation from a prisoner — submission and silence.
Tue, Jul 04, 2017May 10,2017 01:18:19 AM
Cow vigilantism is a tragedy in many parts — a rousing, a lynching, a reflection of change
Wed, May 10, 2017March 17,2017 00:00:35 AM
In the recent polls, PM Modi used social media in ways that flattened out the political terrain
Fri, Mar 17, 2017December 12,2016 00:03:07 AM
The government monitors every word put out by journalists, but dare the latter question it.
Mon, Dec 12, 2016August 13,2016 00:50:36 AM
A collection of essays on gender imbalance in China and India highlights important dimensions of this intimate catastrophe.
Sat, Aug 13, 2016July 23,2016 00:25:02 AM
Media is the new battleground in the conflict zone
Sat, Jul 23, 2016June 07,2016 00:15:20 AM
Memories of an encounter between a rookie journalist and Muhammad Ali.
Tue, Jun 07, 2016May 11,2016 00:45:27 AM
Revelations of MP government’s ads to dodgy websites point to a larger malaise.
Wed, May 11, 2016February 23,2016 00:02:54 AM
Intimidating journalists will result in society losing its eyewitnesses.
Tue, Feb 23, 2016December 01,2015 00:04:20 AM
Framed at BJP’s Diwali milan: A frontal view of servility to authority.
Tue, Dec 01, 2015October 26,2015 00:15:40 AM
Sahitya Akademi has broken its silence. But the rage against the writers’ protest was the most instructive part of this episode
Mon, Oct 26, 2015December 16,2014 00:06:03 AM
The second conceptual breakthrough was in framing sexual assaults as expressions of power, not crimes of passion.
Tue, Dec 16, 2014September 21,2013 01:22:28 AM
The rise of a female vigilante group in impoverished Bundelkhand and what it tells of their personal and communal battles.
Sat, Sep 21, 2013June 01,2013 01:02:12 AM
Pioneering feminist and academic,she successfully troubled the status quo
Sat, Jun 01, 2013March 19,2006 04:39:36 AM
The question haunting India today is this: why is 76-year-old L K Advani, former BJP president, insisting on mounting his chariot yet again?
Sun, Mar 19, 2006March 09,2006 00:00:00 AM
In that umbra moment after the blasts, when the television screens suddenly spewed out images of blood-stained floors, panic-stricken crowds...
Thu, Mar 09, 2006