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Split the women and child development ministry

The girl in Mainpuri needed a State capable of noticing a lost child before a bus crew did. The children in Jamui needed protection from the roadside to the classroom, including the digital space in between. And the adult woman boarding a bus at night needs the rights and reality of an equal citizen with the freedom to move freely. That is the distinction our institutional architecture has yet to make. (AFP)
Published on Oct 11, 2026 06:15 am IST

Gandhi’s evolution, and making of the Mahatma

The young Gandhi of his early days in South Africa was an “unthinking racist”. Ramachandra Guha writes, “in his first few years in South Africa, Gandhi was strongly prejudiced against Africans and used extremely pejorative language about them.” (Getty Images)
Published on Oct 11, 2026 06:10 am IST

South Asia’s tragedy of Himalayan proportions

The Hindu Kush Himalaya region is one of the world’s most important mountain water systems, acting as Asia’s water tower. This phrase in the hydrological parlance underscores the region’s critical role in sustaining the continent’s freshwater supply. (Shutterstock)
Published on Oct 11, 2026 06:05 am IST
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