As a child in British India, Bharati Dutt lived a privileged and sheltered life in an extended joint family of civil servants, doctors, engineers and Gandhians. Between the ages of seven and 11,......
'People are beaten at the slightest provocation, paraded completely naked and then tortured. Did you know the number of prison deaths is the highest in Maharashtra? The one year I was in jail, 98......
'It would be a folly on our part to believe that the KKK or its Indian version exists only as some dedicated organisation. Rather, the Indian KKK, much like the American counterpart, exists as a......
The State’s ambiguity has resulted in a stalemate in the crucial fight against the creeping progress of the Naxalite movement in the country, notes Nitin A Gokhale. Our aim is to overthrow......
Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case accused Kailash Jakhar, who had escaped from the high court premises in Jodhpur after armed assailants opened fire to help him flee, was arrested on Monday.......
About 200 leaders and activists of five political parties on Monday courted arrest here while trying to enter into Orissa Secretariat as part of their civil disobedience agitation against alleged......
Tribals on Friday took out separate rallies in Orissa's Kalinganagar area, both in support of the Tata Steel project and against it, to mark the third anniversary of killing of 14 tribals in police......
Any increase in the emoluments for government servants raises the hackles of the aam aadmi. Conversely, any strong action against them and their unions such as what Margaret Thatcher, as the......
The village has a fence and gates, gates that are manned by a handful of men who scrutinise all visitors. They are not intimidating, just cautious. There is more security inside: a makeshift......
On November 29, hundreds of armed villagers living in the Posco project area attacked anti-Posco protesters at Balitutha with bombs and burning down tents. More than 20 people were injured in the......