When Realpolitik Forgets Women: India Votes ‘No’ Against UNHRC’s Iran Resolution
India’s vote against a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on Iran, on 23rd January, 2026, in Geneva has been presented as a routine...
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Beyond Sight: How India’s Blind Women Athletes Are Redefining What It Means to Compete
When India’s Blind Women’s Cricket Team was recently honoured alongside the country’s other World Champion squads, it marked more than just a sporting milestone—it was...
Catherine Connolly, Ireland’s New President, Is the Socialist Icon We Should All Know
2025 delivered some fascinating political breakthroughs abroad. Across multiple democracies, voters rejected long-entrenched conservative establishments and chose candidates who openly identified with the left. While...
Women at the Helm: The Rise of Female Leaders in 2025, and What India Can Learn
History rarely announces its milestones, but 2025 seems determined to make itself heard. This year is turning out to be a defining year for women...
The Digital Reckoning: UN Women’s Call for Tech That Serves Equality, Not Harm
The rapid advancement of digital technology has revolutionized communication and connection, yet it has simultaneously unveiled a dangerous new frontier for abuse and inequality. This...
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...
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...