Vriksha Mate ‘Saalumarada Thimmakka’: Remembering India’s Mother of Trees
In an immense loss for the nation, India bids farewell to a true gem, Saalumarada Thimmakka, the legendary ‘Vriksha Mate’ or Mother of Trees, who...
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When Women Win, the World Finally Looks Up — Whether on a Cricket Field or a Mountain Ridge
Something shifted in India two weeks back. A women’s cricket semi-final, not a men’s match, not a token fixture, filled up DY Patil Stadium. Not...
Daughter Unbroken – A testimony
You put your weight on my throat once, the pain tasted copper-like, your weight crushing my neck with your leg like you wanted to erase...
The Ananya Bhat Case: A Life of Struggle and Contested Truths
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...
The Fall of Prajwal Revanna: How a Driver’s Quest for Justice Exposed India’s Most Shocking Political Sex Scandal
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...
A Life That Gave To Many
The taxi took me down west cliff gardens down the steep lane. It pulled up to gate 27. Before I could step out of the...
The Shadow of Dharmasthala: When Progress Demanded Blood – The Narayan and Yamuna Murders
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...
The Shadow of Dharmasthala: The Ananya Bhat Disappearance – A Mother’s Unending Search
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...
The Shadow of Dharmasthala: Padmalatha Pays the Price of Defiance
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...
The Shadow of Dharmasthala: The Vedavalli Tragedy
Dr. B.R. Harale's weathered hands tremble slightly as he speaks at yet another protest meeting, his 76-year-old voice breaking when he sees the photograph of...
The Shadow of Dharmasthala: Unraveling the Soujanya Case
On October 9, 2012, as rain fell steadily over the temple town of Dharmasthala in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district, devout 17-year-old Soujanya attended her regular...
Gender (In)Justice: When Hindu Personal Laws Abandon Women
Hindu personal laws govern marriage, adoption, guardianship, and maintenance — all deeply personal aspects of a person’s life. These laws, though codified and reformed, continue...