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The committee also resolved to summon officials from other social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and other tech platforms on the issue of “Safeguarding Citizens Rights on Social/Online News Media Platforms”. The…

I wrote this piece for a web dossier produced by Heinrich Boell Foundation for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights‘ 70th anniversary 2018 – Asma Jahangir – ein bedeutungsvolles Leben, ein inspirierendes Erbe. Sharing now, a year after…

Choking dust, bumpy and dug up roads, broken drainage lines, shoddy infrastructure – for Mumbaikars, this is the daily-lived reality. But in one particular area, the situation seems even grimmer, with potential health ramifications. The…

After 15 years, Madhya Pradesh was wrested from BJP by Congress. It was naive to believe that the change of power would also signal a halt to some of the hardcore Hindutva and essentially fascist policies followed by the BJP, especially in…

On January 24, 1979, the Left Front government in West Bengal cut off supplies of all essential commodities to Marichjhnapi. Section 144 had already been imposed around the area. Police boats surrounded the island in the Indian Sunderbans,…

‘Oh to be in Kolkata, now that poll-itics are here!’ Yess, shotti, the battle cry was mother’s milk to me, and i was deliciously weaned on the historic clashes of the 60s. Reduced to yearning from afar during CPM’s invincible sway and then…

The Saudis, Israelis and New Delhi didn’t want the two visits to take place so close to each other, given that the two countries are seen to be sworn diplomatic antagonists. New Delhi: Saudi Arabia crown prince Mohammed bin…

Many of the celebrity MPs from the Trinamool Congress, who represented the party in the 16th Lok Sabha, may not get a chance to contest elections in the upcoming general elections. While 2014 candidates list of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC…

The 88-page manual lists the rules and guidelines which schools have to follow to ensure safety of children in each category - divided into categories such as infrastructure, health and hygiene, psycho-social aspects, roles and…

रांची के दो गांव की तसवीर जिनके बदलने में रानी मिस्त्री के साथ गांव के लोगों की जागरूकता भी नजर आयी़ इस गांव के बदलते रूप को देखने का मौका यूनिसेफ के सहयोग से प्राप्त हुआ है़ दोनों गांव में महिलाओं की जागरूकता और उनका सहयोग दिखा़ रातु ब्लॉक…