Bombay HC Asserts Transgender People’s Right to Self-Identify Their Gender
Reading Time: 2 minutes New Delhi: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court observed that a transgender person has the right to their self-perceived...
Category : Society
Don’t Use Term ‘Activism’, Says WCD Ministry Diktat on Gender Violence Awareness Campaign
Reading Time: 5 minutes New Delhi: How complicated is it to implement a 16-day awareness campaign against gender-based violence? Near impossible, if the record of the...
Patna HC Rebukes Bihar Govt For Issuing Recruitment Forms Without 3rd Gender Column
Reading Time: 5 minutes Patna: Application forms issued by the Bihar government for an exam to fill up constable posts in the state did not...
In Syllabus for National Exam on Cows, Rastriya Kamdhenu Aayog Unleashes Half-Truths
Reading Time: 6 minutes New Delhi: The government body set up for cow welfare, Rastriya Kamdhenu Aayog, is set to organise a countrywide online examination...
After 9 Long Months, Educational Institutions Reopen in Several States
Reading Time: 5 minutes New Delhi: Educational institutions in parts of India reopened for the first time since they shut for the pandemic on January...
IIM Ahmedabad Rolls Back Decision to Demolish ‘Iconic’ Dorms Designed by Louis Kahn
Reading Time: 3 minutes New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) has decided to withdraw its proposal to demolish 14 of its dormitories...
A Scandinavian ‘Nabob’ of the British Empire: The Discovery of a New Colonial Archive
Reading Time: 11 minutes It happens once in a while that a significant archive of a colonial businessmen gets discovered in an attic. The caretakers...
Collective Silence on Violence Against Women Rings Loud in the Kashmir Valley
Reading Time: 8 minutes Srinagar: On a cold December morning, the family of 65-year-old Noor was mourning the death of their 21-year-old daughter who had...
Al-Biruni and Hindu-Muslim Relations: Lessons from Malaysia
Reading Time: 6 minutes Although Malaysia is a multicultural country whose constitution guarantees the freedom of religion for those of all faiths, its recent politics...
Hamida Bi, the Voice of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims for Over 30 Years, Passes Away
Reading Time: 4 minutes Bhopal: Hamida Bi, an activist and the president of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS), who worked with thousands of...