Opinion - Different Truths

October 25, 2017
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Dissent, Opinion

The Right to Differ is a Right by Birth!

Raising questions is not to be seen as a division between the conformists and the non-conformists. The conformists abide by the rules and norms because those rules and norms...

October 12, 2017
Sunita Shukla
Calamity, Opinion, People, Place

Of Tragedies and Human Bonding.

Big tragedies bring out the best in human beings. The nameless-faceless mass of people offers their resourcefulness. This is what is so significantly remarkable. Their altruism goes beyond them...

October 10, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Criticism, Opinion

A Sense of Humour is not Being Funny!

Having a sense of humour is not the same as being funny. The latter implies being able to tell a joke well or perfectly timing a pun to lighten...

October 4, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Gender, Opinion

Social Media: Why Men Gang-up Against Women?

The rule-maker of social media is coming out to be a lobby of men which dictates the women what they must write, how they must dress up and even...

September 19, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Law & Order, Opinion, Politics

Patriotism vs. Nationalism: Beware of the Jingoism of in the Name of a Nation

There is a worldwide resurgence of the nationalist pitch in politics. A globally surging separatist oratory is slowly and surely pushing back the strides made towards an international integration. To every...

September 17, 2017
Ratan Mani Lal
Cover Story, Crime, Education & Career, Human Rights, Law & Order, Legal Issues, Opinion, Parenting, Special Feature

Difficult Time for Those Having a School-going Child

Several studies and reports have indicated that children are prone to exploitation even within homes, and most of the cases of molestation are perpetrated by someone the victims have...

September 17, 2017
Vedatrayee Dutta
Crime, Education & Career, Human Rights, Law & Order, Legal Issues, Opinion, Parenting, Special Feature

Red Alert: Future is Dead!

The recent shameful cases of an International school in Gurgaon where a seven-year-old boy was brutally murdered in the toilet of the school, a famous school in Delhi where...

September 10, 2017
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, Crime, Opinion, Religion

Godmen: Happiness Comes with a Price Tag

Gurus whose USP is smart marketing; Swamis whose fortunes would shame a Rockefeller; Godmen with unbridled libido who believe it is their right to rape and murder; Babas in...

September 8, 2017
Arindam Roy
Business, Opinion, Religion

Durga and her Entourage in a Jawed Habib Salon: Reverence, Irreverence, Trolls, Erotica and the Liberal Hindu Mind

There’s public outrage on the social media about the newspaper advertisement of Goddess Durga’s family dolling themselves in a Jawed Habib salon. The celebrity hairstylist is being trolled on...

September 1, 2017
Sunita Shukla
Crime, Economy, Opinion, Politics, Religion

The Vulnerability of Religiosity: How Fake Godmen Rule the Roost!

Nagpur-based Sunita exposes the chinks – rather cracks – in the armours of the socio-political and socio-economic structures. These bizarre figureheads continue to draw vulnerable people in the name...

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