Is #BoisLockerRoom the Crime or the Symptom?
Reading Time: 6 minutes The media is flooded with #boislockerroom tales. The public is aghast. There are shrill calls for arrest and punishment for not just...
Category : Society
Dien Bien Phu Falls: When the Sun Set on the French Empire in Indochina
Reading Time: 8 minutes On May 7-8, 1954, a huge garrison of the French Army surrendered to the Vietnamese Peoples’ Army at Dien Bien Phu,...
‘We Don’t Want to Die Here’: Kashmiri Students Stranded in Gujarat Request Early Evacuation
Reading Time: 6 minutes New Delhi: Over 22 PhD and postdoctoral students from Jammu and Kashmir are stranded at the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar...
Where Is the Report of the GoM Formed After #MeToo Movement, Congress Asks Amit Shah
Reading Time: 4 minutes New Delhi: With the focus back women and how they are regarded in India in light of the ‘Bois Locker Room’...
The Writing’s on the Wall: Boys Need to Be Better
Reading Time: 9 minutes In high school a caricature of my body with large silicone implants suggesting my recent breast development began circulating in the...
Sanitation Workers: At the Bottom of the Frontline Against COVID-19?
Reading Time: 7 minutes A sanitation worker who was assigned to work in Dharavi recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus. He, inadvertently ended up...
JEE-Mains to Be Held From July 18-23, NEET on July 26: Union HRD Minister
Reading Time: 2 minutes New Delhi: Engineering entrance examination JEE will be held from July 18-23, while medical entrance exam NEET will be conducted on...
Bengal Civic Elections Deferred, Kolkata Municipal Body to Appoint Administrator
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kolkata: With civic elections in Bengal postponed amid the COVID-19 lockdown, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to get a...
Why Pakistan Is Having a Tough Time With its Mosques
Reading Time: 6 minutes Lahore: With the beginning of Ramzan, as it stands, mosques across Pakistan remain open, with the government issuing a standard operating...
1,100 Feminists Condemn Crackdown on Muslim Women Anti-CAA Activists
Reading Time: 3 minutes New Delhi: As many as 1,100 feminists from all over India – including organisations and individuals across a wide cross-section – have...