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How India Failed Aruna Shanbaug

The life and death of Aruna Shanbaug, comatose for over four decades after she was raped, calls for a reexamination of India's policies towards victim

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What enables rape reporting?

The Nirbhaya agitation of 2012 not only removed the stigma surrounding rape but also gave women the hope that their complaint would be heard.

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The banality of evil revisited

India’s Daughter, by telling us how particular rapists think, forces us to confront that this is what many men, from every demographic across the coun

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Polls in the Time of Terror

The December 6 attack by militants in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), during the Assembly elections that have so far witnessed high turnouts, has thrown

The Soldier as State Actor

In conflict-ridden areas of India, governance has increasingly come to be seen through the lens of the counterinsurgency paradigm. These are abnormal

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When Srinagar Sank

Conflicting versions of the army’s role during the Kashmir floods make it difficult to ascertain the truth of the rescue efforts, says Vasundhara S

Costs of an unequal war

For every operation that Israel launches on Gaza and the Palestinian people, the resistance becomes stronger and more determined.

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When the Mango People Came

India’s new political entrant, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), hopes to deliver to the nation clean and transparent governance. The Hindu Centre’s Vasun