The Jessica Lall case highlights the need for quicker trials and an effective witness protection programme.
If the government, which has been in power for a good nine years, is patting itself on the back on its achievements, what should the Opposition do?
Sharif is committed to picking up from where Vajpayee and he left off around 14 years ago. The political class in India should not let him down, writes
Vinod Sharma.
Indian sport might just get a chance to make a comeback on the international field. Positive signals from the IOC will bring no cheer if India’s sports administration is not cleansed.
Jolie’s ‘medical choice’ is brave but the luxury of being forewarned and forearmed is not available to everyone.
The arrest of Sreesanth and two others indicates that fixing continues to sully the T20 league.
The United States immigration reform bill pleases no one, but may displease too few to perish before it remakes the American dream, writes
Rashmee Roshan Lall.
We hear the phrase ‘sensitisation of the police’ in connection with the safety and rights of women often but time and again we have seen that it is almost meaningless in this regard.
Social schemes, customised to the needs of the people in a region, help empower the weaker sections. Sreeram Chaulia writes.
Two custodial deaths in India and Pakistan prove that we react more than respond. Uddalok Bhattacharya writes.
Public protests are part of our rights but they can’t involve collateral damage like destruction of public property.
The BJP seems to have transformed from the principal Opposition party to the party of perennial protest. By indulging in the politics of obstruction, the BJP is only highlighting its poverty of ideas.
New immigration policies will result in a loss of greater opportunities for the community of working class Indians.
There is an overriding and all-pervasive atmosphere of pessimism today. Even though it carries the risk of violence and chaos, a messy, decentralised and politically divided country could be the right catalyst for innovation.
Amish writes.
As long as Indian society puts an onus on male dominance, we will constantly be at war with ourselves, writes Parvati Sharma.