Sagarika Ghose

Bloody Mary |

AAP is doing what politicians have forgotten to do As the summer kicks in, people's representatives are often seen scurrying for their cool drawing ...
06:20 AM, May 08, 2013

Amrita Tripathi

Borgub's Lair |

As the country reels under the sheer number of cases of child sexual abuse and brutal sexual attacks on little children, it bears repeating that ...
11:35 AM, Apr 29, 2013

Rajdeep Sardesai

Newsman |

"Justice", the new rallying cry on the streets and in the studios, can be awfully selective at times. The brutal gangrape of a Delhi girl ...
12:16 AM, Apr 05, 2013

Amrita Tripathi

Borgub's Lair |

The MLA who told the national kabaddi women's team coach that she should wear appropriate clothes - that is, a sari instead of shirt and ...
10:55 PM, Mar 23, 2013

Ayushman Jamwal

Kindred mind |

Morality and prudence are polar opposite virtues, which when hold hands deliver political master strokes to those who wield them. For the heinous crimes of ...
01:37 PM, Mar 06, 2013

Rajesh Kumar

Life As It Is |

A rape that happened 17 years ago has animals of Junglistan up in arms. #Suryanelli is today the most trending topic. @ChikkuTheCricket Can ...
12:40 AM, Feb 28, 2013

Sriram Balasubramanian

The Straight Drive |

It has been more than two months since the infamous Delhi gangrape that shook the people's conscience across the country. While the incident induced a ...
06:33 PM, Feb 26, 2013

Rohit Vats

Pentaprism |

I had different expectations from Luv Ranjan's latest offering 'Akaash Vani', simply because Ranjan's previous film 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama' was a fun film. It became ...
08:04 PM, Jan 27, 2013

Abid Soffi

Lost in 'Trance'lation |

After the horrific Delhi gangrape incident which shook the nation to its foundation, people for the first time in one voice said 'No to crimes ...
02:51 PM, Jan 19, 2013

Debraj Bhattacharya

The other India |

The recent outcry of middle-class men and women, many of whom not associated with any political party or developmental organisation, is an important phenomenon that ...
12:21 PM, Jan 17, 2013

Vivek Sengupta

Fresh air |

The friend of the rape victim, who through her ordeal and death galvanised an entire nation, spoke out a few days ago. In his first ...
01:53 PM, Jan 12, 2013

Dr Karan Thakur

Common Sense Majority |

The ghastly and brutal gang-rape and murderous assault on a 23-year old by six men in New Delhi last month has shaken the national consciousness ...
12:31 PM, Jan 08, 2013

Arunoday Mukharji

Arunoday's Space |

As a crime reporter who started out at the age of 20, I was jolted to a different sort of reality fresh out of a ...
07:19 AM, Jan 07, 2013

Nadim Asrar

The Other |

Dear Sir, You cannot be more 'right', pun vehemently intended. I am one of the many today outraged by your remarks that rapes happen ...
05:36 PM, Jan 04, 2013

Madhuri Banerjee

The Chastity Belt |

Dear Justice Verma, The outrage will not stop until steps are taken. The politicians have failed. The justice system of India needs to take ...
12:34 PM, Jan 04, 2013

Debraj Bhattacharya

The other India |

Following the horrific assault and rape of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi there has been massive protests at Delhi, in other cities of India as ...
02:11 PM, Jan 01, 2013

Ayushman Jamwal

Kindred mind |

The nation continues to reel under the shock of the death of a young medical student who was brutally gang raped in New Delhi on ...
11:58 PM, Dec 29, 2012

Rajdeep Sardesai

Newsman |

In the classic BBC political satire serial, 'Yes Minister', minister Jim Hacker asks his senior bureaucrat Sir Humphrey Appleby how to deal with a group ...
12:09 AM, Dec 28, 2012

Afsar Ahmad

Afsar's Take |

Till now, we have known two kinds of India. One which supports the government and second that supports the Opposition. Post independence, these two types ...
03:22 PM, Dec 22, 2012

Sahasranshu Mahapatra

Silent Stir |

In May 2011 Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau had suggested to explore the option of 'chemical castration' as a punitive measure for the child rapists. ...
02:20 AM, Dec 19, 2012