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Editor's Pick Opinion

The Ananya Bhat Case: A Life of Struggle and Contested Truths

Srinivas Rayappa
Since the publication of Sujatha Bhat's account of her daughter Ananya's alleged 2003 disappearance from Dharmasthala, numerous developments have unfolded that reveal both the complexities...
Legal Opinion

The Fall of Prajwal Revanna: How a Driver’s Quest for Justice Exposed India’s Most Shocking Political Sex Scandal

Srinivas Rayappa
An in-depth investigation into how a land dispute, a brutal assault on a pregnant woman, and a driver's revenge brought down the grandson of a...
Featured Opinion

The Shadow of Dharmasthala: When Progress Demanded Blood – The Narayan and Yamuna Murders

Srinivas Rayappa
For four generations, the men of Narayan's family had served as mahouts at the Dharmasthala temple, tending to the elephants that were as much a...
Featured Opinion Uncategorized

The Shadow of Dharmasthala: The Ananya Bhat Disappearance – A Mother’s Unending Search

Srinivas Rayappa
In 2003, 21-year-old Ananya Bhat embodied everything that progressive India hoped to become—and everything that a single mother's love and sacrifice could achieve. A first-year...
Editor's Pick Opinion

The Shadow of Dharmasthala: Padmalatha Pays the Price of Defiance

Srinivas Rayappa
On December 22, 1986, 17-year-old Padmalatha left her home in Boliyar for what should have been an ordinary day at college. She was studying 2nd...