Gender

After months of ignored complaints and threats, a 20-year-old woman self-immolates in front of her principal’s office—an act of final protest against sexual harassment and institutional apathy

In the name of industrial progress, the Assam government has unleashed bulldozers across Dhubri and Goalpara, displacing thousands, mainly flood-hit, landless, Bengali-origin Muslims. With no meaningful rehabilitation. As land is cleared for a Rs 40,000 crore Adani power project, what’s being erased is more than just homes: it’s the fragile stability of lives long on the edge

An intrepid critique of entrenched and entitled Muslim elites, CM Naim, a historian and essayist, recently passed away at 85. Here his work is remembered for its out of the box thinking and commitment to both the culture and language around Urdu; an essay that recalls his works

Lokesh Kumar Solanki convicted for inciting violence during 2020 Delhi riots; court calls his conduct “fuel to already simmering tensions” but releases him citing maximum sentence already served

Brinda Karat, former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-CPIM), has in a letter to the union home minister, Amit Shah highlighted the blatant violation of human rights, harassment and extortion, in the ongoing process of "identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants" by the Delhi police and other agencies.

Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer