CATEGORIES
Naked (vs.) Justice
On March 14, 2006, Latabai and her son, six, were paraded naked in a village in Solapur. Less than six months later, four members of a Dalit family were paraded naked; mother & daughter were allegedly gang-raped
Songlines of Chambal
How do the residents of Sheikhpur Gudha, Phoolan Devi's village in Uttar Pradesh, remember her: as a survivor, a rebel, a leader?
Don't You Remember My Story?
A child gang rape survivor's 12-year long ordeal in Sikar, Rajasthan shows how calls for punishment of perpetrators don't always mean empathy for the victim
Still Jungle Raj
The demand for justice for victims and survivors of violence in Bihar continues
Kunan Poshpora: Frozen in Time
In 1991, 40 Kashmiri women alleged that Army officers raped them. The case remains pending
The Lost Innocence
In May, a minor girl was raped in a village in Latehar district of Jharkhand. Incidentally, the state is currently placed third in the country for rapes of minor girls
The Dog Chain & Hospital Bed
On November 27, 1973, Aruna Shanbaug, a staff nurse at the KEM Hospital in Mumbai, was brutally attacked by a male sweeper, Sohanlal Valmiki. He raped and sodomised her, while strangling her with a dog chain
Speak Up, Shut Down
How the system defeats a gang rape survivor
They Didn't Cut the Tree
Despite global outrage at the gang rape and murder of two minors in Budaun, UP in May 2014, nine years later the case has not reached trial stage. The family continue to live in fear in the same village, awaiting justice
Unspeakable Memories
At least five tribal girls in Sidhi district in MP were raped by a 30-year-old man, who used a voice-changing app to pose as a woman college professor offering them scholarships
Rage Against the Machinery
The brutal rape-murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital has an inescapable geography
The Endless Night
WEST Bengal witnessed mass protests on an unprecedented scale on the eve of India's 78th Independence Day-the midnight of August 14when tens of thousands of people, overwhelmingly women, took over the main squares across the state's cities and towns.
Cause and Effect
India needs to show atmanirbharta as the era of New Cold War’ is rampaging across South Asia
Newsroom in Exile
It was a dangerous time to be a journalist in Bangladesh. Between 2001 and 2006, 13 journalists were killed and hundreds faced threats, intimidation, harassment and torture from law enforcement agencies.
Notes from a Revolution
Salimullah Khan is a Dhaka-based political analyst and public intellectual who teaches at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. Snigdhendu Bhattacharya speaks to him about the implications of the Bangladesh uprising
We, the Women
The number of casualties in Bangladesh would have been much higher had women not taken to the streets in such large numbers. A first-person account
Jamaat Raises its Pitch
After being underground for more than a decade, Jamaat-e-lslami is back on the political circuit, raising concerns for India
Liberation 2.0?
India must be actively involved to prevent Bangladesh's return to the East Pakistan days
The Hindu Question
Rana Dasgupta is the General Secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, one of the main minority rights organisations in the country. He spoke to Snigdhendu Bhattacharya about the attacks on minorities, the role of the student leadership, the interim government and future plans
When Statues Fall
The protests in Bangladesh were about more than just toppling a regime. It was about reclaiming dignity and humanity in the face of oppression
Seeking Return of Democracy
The BNP will give the interim government reasonable time in the hope that it is aware of public desire for free and fair elections
Rapids Ahead in the Teesta
India’s challenge is to break with the past and begin afresh with the new power centre in Dhaka
Roaring With Storms
Bangladesh witnessed dramatic changes in a month, but bigger changes are in the offing
No Haircut For Dalits
Despite being illegal, despite the years of independence and progress India has made the practice of untouchability continues to plague the country's Dalit citizens
The Age Of Lynching
Incidents of fatal lynchings of people from minority communities is on the rise, even as the conviction rate for such crimes remains abysmal
Pomp and Happiness
Can we ever break free from the unending display of wealth and might?
The Banality of Story
Dear Studio, invest in people, not in products. Tell me a story I can feel-each time anew
The Ways of Seeing
Every artist should be free to follow the path that an idea presents
A Beautiful Mind
People with mental illnesses are left out of the narrative and deprived of freedoms and benefits that neuro-typical people take for granted; they deserve freedom from stigma
An Uncounted Rape
Already vulnerable, India's transgender citizens are assaulted or ignored by the very institutions meant to serve and protect them