DMK Government Faces Political Pressure Over Anna University Assault Investigation

AIADMK party workers staging a protest against the DMK government in connection with the Anna University sexual assault case, at Tiruchi on December 30. |

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INTERVIEW | Opinions and Aspirations of Local Tribal Communities Must be Respected: T.S. Singh Deo

Senior Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, T.S. Singh Deo, has dismissed the claims of the BJP government in the State as

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The Quiet Death of Labour Rights in India

The 1990s marked a watershed in the attitude of the Indian state towards labour, with the ushering in of “liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation” (LPG) policies.

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India’s Education System: Four Decades of Zigzag Reform

Over the last four decades, education has followed a zigzag track. Regional differences and sharp shifts in assumptions about the state’s role in education mark

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Dominique Pelicot Sentenced to 20 Years: Examining the Psychological Factors Behind Rape

Warning: This text contains descriptions of sexual violence. No one can deny that being raped is one of the most distressing, horrendous, and demeaning experiences

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Is the Indian Army Ready for Women in Leadership Roles?

It all began with a letter by a top Army officer that was “leaked” to social media. Lieutenant General Rajeev Puri wrote to Eastern Army

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Saket Soni’s The Great Escape: A Compelling Tale of Trafficked Indian Workers in the US Who Overcame Exploitation

Saket Soni’s The Great Escape is an extraordinary book that shines a torch on some of the ugliest aspects of contemporary life, hidden in plain

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Indian Women Still Die for Being ‘Witches’ in 2024

They are lynched, hacked, their heads shaved, sexually assaulted, made to eat faeces, disrobed. This is the plight of women branded daayans (witches) in India;

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Amid Deluge of Schemes Targeting the Female Voter, Has Anything Changed for Indian Women in Politics?

After a disappointing performance in Maharashtra in the June Lok Sabha election, the prospects were bleak for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Assembly election

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Indian Women Voters Break Free from Gender-Only Politics

After a decades-long silence following the enactment of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in the 1990s, the discussion on women’s political representation and political

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