National dishonour
We need to ask why India lags behind its neighbours in combating hunger, malnutrition
We need to ask why India lags behind its neighbours in combating hunger, malnutrition
Among all the countries included in the report, India has the highest rate of child wasting (which rose from the 2008-2012 level of 16.5 per cent to 20.8 per cent). Its child stunting rate (at 37.9 per cent) also remains shockingly high.
Lynching, the scourge of new India
The word lynching is of foreign origin. But this does not mean that mob killings are alien to India
Why a woman in Udaipur refused to strike a compromise after her husband died cleaning a septic tank
The man who had hired Sukhlal didn’t even visit the dead man’s home to inquire about his family. But he wanted them to withdraw their police complaint. Illustration: Krishna Balakrishnan. This article is part of India’s Dirty Secret, a series on manual scavenging and sewage worker deaths. Based on a study of the International Labour Organisation, Delhi, it…
Gandhi’s talisman and a migrant worker’s lynching in Bihar
‘I could not forget the faces of Rudhi Devi and her children, the faces which Gandhiji had advised us to recall in times of uncertainty and confusion.’ Children in Misherpura village near Patna. | Karwan e Mohabbat “Just months before he was assassinated, Mahatma Gandhi left behind for his countrywomen and men a talisman. “Whenever…
The middle ground
Despite some omissions, an eclectic volume of writings by one of India’s longest-serving politicians.
Citizenship Amendment Bill will result in untold fear and dislocation of Muslim citizens
This is the fearful tempest that threatens to engulf India in the coming months, one which will destroy in its wake this country as it was imagined and promised.