Of course, politicians did not create the powerful Hindu caste system. They merely exploit this fault-line,...

MPs call on Richard Cook to “emerge from the shadows” after we uncover his trail of illegal waste, unpaid bills and...

In a politically-surcharged atmosphere, no one should doubt that the appearance of Lord Ram’s idol in the mosque on...

It is not enough to have token female representation in negotiations. Or room for compromise on the interests and...

Centuries of entrenched patriarchy cannot be upturned in a month. But this country finally looks ready for a...

It was not always like that. Those tracking the progress of democracy in India should interview political activists...

Just occasionally, the UK public gets reminded that AIDS isn’t over and done with. Not at home, and certainly not...

In the pattern of authoritarianism taking over Indian politics since 2014, social movements, activists, and...

As a Sri Lankan citizen living in the UK, the author finds himself in the eye of the two political storms tearing...

The burgeoning movement has spilled forth beyond the confines of the film and entertainment industry. But how far will it go?

Working up public outrage is an art and not all political parties are able to create mass hysteria.

As capital elbows its way in and remakes the world according to its own designs, the need to democratise this polity...

During a festival celebrating the Goddess who kills a demon menacing Gods, scores of educated Indian women have...

The west's failure in Afghanistan and Iraq, says our columnist who predicted both, is above all one of understanding.

Writing on Gandhi in an India stricken by faux patriotism and jingoism causes gloom. A poem in Indian English...

The Hindutva storm-troopers would feel let down, having been trained to abuse the secular Hindus, liberals,...

Anti-abortion and anti-LGBTIQ rights activists, politicians, and religious leaders met in Moldova this month for the...

The executive is hardly accountable to the legislature, legislators lack tangible power, so notions of the consent...

Community radio projects in the world's biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh demonstrate the significance of...

Naipaul always felt that his books would stand the test of time. But which of his books on India, after multiple...