Arresting facts

Saturday 17 January '09

Augustus Caesar’s advice to make haste slowly was evidently not on the minds of our Lok Sabha MPs when they recently cleared eights bills...

The body in pain

Saturday 22 November '08

Pragya Thakur’s allegation that she was tortured was seconded by the leader of the Opposition. Denial came from no less than the prime minister.

Pay for your politics

Monday 10 November '08

We live in violent times. Terrorist violence by clandestine groups usually receives near universal condemnation.

Putting the ‘free’ back in free love

Wednesday 29 October '08

Debates on marriage, like debates within marriage, are rarely dispassionate. Maharashtra’s proposal to ‘recognise’ live-in relationships...

Putting the ‘free’ back in free love

Thursday 30 October '08

Debates on marriage, like debates within marriage, are rarely dispassionate. Maharashtra’s proposal to ‘recognise’ live-in relationships and the law commission releasing two recent reports dealing with marital laws, have led to howls from both sides.

Out of place

Saturday 16 August '08

Taslima Nasreen has been allowed to return - for how long is anybody’s guess. There has been much debate on the primary issue at stake...

Possibilities of equality

Friday 20 June '08

Like any prime minister in the final year of his term, Dr Manmohan Singh must be considering his legacy.

Speak, freedom

Friday 30 May '08

In a remarkably unequivocal judgment delivered on May 8, Delhi High Court quashed eight criminal cases against artist M.F. Husain...