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This child soldier was killed in an anti-Maoist operation in Bastar. She was not the only one

The Maoists are recruiting underage soldiers and the state is killing them in violation of international law.

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Centre dismantles statistics panel amid questions about delayed Census

The decision was taken as the committee’s work overlapped with the Steering Committee for National Sample Surveys, the Central government has said.

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Kolkata rape and murder: Demands for violent, retributive justice do not address practical problems

Death penalty, ‘castration’ and extrajudicial killings do little to make spaces safe for everyone and ensure equal and lifelong access to justice.

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State, builders claim Mumbai’s salt pans are key to solving housing crisis. Is their plan viable?

The vast tracts of land are a part of the coastal ecosystem and unsuitable for development. Improving services in slums is a better option instead, say experts.

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Venezuelan migrants sift through garbage in faraway Ecuador in rebuild their lives

A group of Venezuelans has formed an association of recyclers near the city of Ibarra to protect themselves from exploitation and earn a livelihood.

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The first English language play in modern India: How Amir Khan became the Nawab of Tonk

An excerpt from ‘Krishna Kumari: The Tragedy of India’, by English Subba Rao, edited by Rahul Sagar.

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Anna, Bhai and Tai: Memories of a life in melody with Mallikarjun Mansur

The vocalist was a close friend of Marathi writers ‘Pu La’ Deshpande and Sunita.

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The singularity of literary production: Nirmal Verma and Jorge Luis Borges in London, 1976

In Borges’s or Verma’s works, ‘literature of the world’ is rejected in favour of an understanding of ‘literature as the world’ or ‘as a world’.

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