When Cleaning Becomes Untouchability

Haldwani shuddhikaran tests Article 17. What happened at Haldwani's Ramilla ground on August 10, two days after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge ...

One Elephant, A Million Dogs

SC's two standards on animal suffering. On June 9, a Supreme Court Division Bench observed that the court cannot remain a mute spectator in matters co...

The Flood Doesn't End When Water Recedes

Himalayan disaster is now a disease map. On October 3, 2023, South Lhonak Lake in Sikkim burst. A wall of water tore down the Teesta. 55 dead, dozens ...

The Broken Guarantee

MGNREGA to VB-GRAM: how rural work promise shrank

More People, Who Counts?

What is common between Elon Musk, M.K. Stalin, a Catholic bishop in Kerala, N. Chandrababu Naidu, C. Joseph Vijay and Mohan Bhagwat? All of them are a...

Remembering Snehalatha

MISA play on Emergency torture sparks row in Kerala. MISA, a play that recounts the custodial torture and persecution suffered by activist and artist ...

The Peace Pilgrim

Remembering Niketu Iralu, bridge between Nagas and India. We work with people professionally all our lives, but it is a few who really touch us in a m...

Counting Disabilities

Rights groups demand all 21 categories in Census 2027. Disability rights groups have flagged a gap in Census 2027 preparations: the self-enumeration f...

Are We Truly Free?

India’s Independence Day hides a deeper contradiction. Every August 15, India celebrates with flags, speeches and pride.