The first thing that comes to mind when we hear the phrase “Gay Pride” as millennials and Gen-Z is streets filled with people throwing glittering confetti holding aloft flags and banners representing their respective sexual...
Over four-and-a-half years ago on a visit to Srinagar when Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was running the government in coalition with the BJP, I said to a student audience at Kashmir University's media studies department...
The complete shutdown witnessed on March 26 in the wake of nation-wide bandh called by farmers’ union reflects the deep agony agriculturists in the country are going through. The bandh call was given to mark...
Amidst weeks of gloomy news due to resurgent Corona virus and the rising number of cases due to fast spreading Omnicron variant, finally there’s good news in form of a ground breaking Swadeshi Covid test...
Like the rest of the country the healthcare scenario in Bihar in the wake of coronavirus outbreak is grim. If on the one hand the unprecedented surge in the epidemic is taking a heavy toll...
Aurahi Middle School in Purnea, around 300 km away from the state capital, with 672 students has only seven teachers – one teacher for every 100 students. Teachers here often take combined classes for two...
From unprecedented post-poll violence to judges recusing themselves from hearing the Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) cases, the story of West Bengal appears to be a power game with all the trappings of brute force and domination....
Every now and then, one gets to read and hear about the erratic, arrogant and at times aggressive behaviour of the civil servants who abuse the power vested in them by the constitution with impunity,...
On a day the Congress turned 136, Rahul Gandhi, tipped to be party chief again, courted controversy.
The Gandhi scion skipped the party’s foundation day ceremony on December 28 as he flew to Milan, Italy reportedly...
As the Covid19 struck India hard with vengeance in its second wave we were witness to a phenomenon where democracy was put to test with many institutions failing in their calling. At a time when...
