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The moralising compass
This article was written by Neha Dixit back in 2013. The ruling party in the centre has changed from the following year, but not the social structure. The law is there to protect women’s rights but the social stigma and moral policing at…
Modi will always have Houston & India, a changed relationship with the US
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the political figure in the world politics right now who cannot be ignored. US President Donald Trump has also understood this. The recent Houston event indicates to this. The Howdy Modi show proves…
Personal Political: Eerie Silence – Hardnews Foreign Policy
The people of Kashmir are losing out on the human rights and political rights everyday as the Indian state is constantly trying to silence them. Local journalists are fighting tooth and nail to maintain the freedom of Media. Beena Sarwar…
Rivalry without respect is political hatred
The relationship between the ruling party & the opposition shapes the political scenario of a country. Especially when the ruling party recognizes the value of the opposition and the opposition develops a strategy with a vision for the…
India’s actions over the status of J&K provide an opportunity to revisit four-point plan for…
Nirupama Subramanian, journalist & SAWM member writes why right now India should roll back all its restrictions on Jammu & Kashmir. She writes why India has now given the four point plan for Kashmir another chance while taking the…
We don’t interfere in ‘internal affairs’ of our friendly countries: Thai Ambassador on…
In an interview with journalist & SAWM member Smita Shrama, Ambassador of Thailand to India Chutintorn Sam Gongskdi says why he thinks modification of Article 370 is India’s internal affair, what led Thailand to agree to a first…
Parsi-Iranian new year
What’s the difference between a Parsi and an Irani? We’re both Zoroastrians. The Parsis left their homeland when it was still Persia, and have had 1,000 years to settle down and prosper in the great Indian cultural heritage; the Iranians…
If Stigma Against Sexual-Assault Victims Continues, so Will Cases Like Pollachi
Chennai: Since Monday morning, Tamil Nadu has been coming to terms with the awful facts of the Pollachi extortion racket – in which young women were allegedly lured to secluded spots and molested, filmed in the process, and later…
Father-daughter duo held in Kolkata with ivory worth Rs 1.3 crore
Sources say that the seized articles comprise of finished, semi-finished and raw ivory which are together worth Rs 1.3 crore.
Kolkata: A huge haul of ivory - in excess of 60 kilos - was seized by Directorate of Revenue…
Journalism and the Media’s Crisis of Credibility in an Age of Strident Nationalism
For the media to play its designated role, it must be impartial and unprejudiced in coverage of news and views connected with all segments of society, says former Vice President Hamid Ansari.
Former vice-president Hamid Ansari delivered the…