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Kavita ChowdhurySan Francisco Chronicle |
Recently, a district judge awarded 23 death sentences in ten cases over a span of four months.
BAPS, a sect close to India’s ruling BJP, asked for women staff to be kept away from the iconic tourist site when its monks visited.
From being mocked for being inexperienced and incompetent, he is now emerging a sought-after leader of India’s youth.
For the first time in eight decades, the country’s national song, Vande Mataram, will precede the playing of the national anthem on Independence Day.
After angry students forced the education minister to resign, Prime Minister Modi’s aura of invincibility has been dented.
A biopic on human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra puts the spotlight on thousands of enforced disappearances and secret cremations carried out by...
Harassment for dowry and failure to produce male heirs are forcing women to take their lives.
It will open the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to loot and plunder. It involves felling 15 million trees and encroaching upon the land of the reclusive...
The Bhojshala complex in Madhya Pradesh houses a temple dedicated to the Hindu goddess Saraswati, and also a mosque associated with a medieval-era...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has stormed to power in West Bengal and retained its hold over Assam and Puducherry.
A largely Hindi-belt party, the BJP is looking to break into the strongholds of regional parties in West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Authorities took down a video that mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s undignified behavior while meeting foreign leaders.
Name-calling and violence against youth from the country’s Northeast in India’s cities stem from deep racial prejudice.
When a mob of Hindutva goons descended on a Muslim shopkeeper, a young gym owner stepped forward to defend him.
The ruling mainstreams menstrual health. But India needs to normalize sex education too. Otherwise, menstruation will be treated as a “dirty...
To meet the deadline, delivery workers were often putting their lives at risk to speed through India’s chaotic and crowded roads.
Months ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, it has delayed the release of his movie, "Jana Nayagan."
A progressive rights-based employment guarantee scheme was scrapped. Inclusive growth remains a pipe dream.
The globally acclaimed MGNREGA, enacted when the Congress party was in power, has been replaced by a law that puts in place a discretionary scheme.
Flight cancellations by India’s largest flight operator, IndiGo, threw the domestic aviation sector into chaos early this month.
After reports of suicides and deaths due to overwork, the Diplomat tracked several Booth Level Officers carrying out the Special Intensive Revision to...
The BJP is using the 150th anniversary of India’s national song, "Vande Mataram," to polarize society and win votes.
Bihar has traditionally seen bipolar election contests. With the entry of the Jan Suraaj party, the contest is triangular this time.
Lofty aims accompanied the setting up of this university. Right-wing activism has sullied its image.
Initially, Taliban Foreign Minister Muttaqi called an all-male press meet. He was then forced to call another presser where women journalists were...
Actor-turned-politician Vijay kept a massive crowd waiting for seven hours in the sweltering heat. A tragedy was waiting to happen.
The West Bengal government canceled the event to avoid ruffling the feathers of Muslim hardliners.
The taking and giving of dowries is banned. Yet an average of 20 women die every day of dowry-related violence.
A whistleblower has revealed that he was forced to bury the bodies of murdered men and raped women over several decades in the temple town.
A 20-year-old student’s complaints of sexual harassment by her college professor in Odisha were ignored by the authorities for over 6 months.
Supporters of Narendra Modi are upset with his castigation of Modi's alleged role in the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat in 2002.
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