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A Passing Remark Is Never Just That: TNNLU VC’S Remarks On Women’s Clothing And Distraction
TNNLU VC says that female students wearing shorts “distracts” faculty members and “invites sexual harassment” (As reported by the Minutes of the Class representative meeting,...
Women’s Equality Cannot Depend On Political Arithmetic
Women’s representation in legislatures is not a technical favour to be granted after political actors finish rearranging their own distribution of seats. It is a...
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...
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...
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...
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...