Diethono Nakhro “Vote as if your life depends on it – because it DOES!”?- this was famously said by Justin Dart, the man often considered the father of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This is especially true for People with…

Mrinal Pande Ever since ugly stories about sexual abuse at the workplace began crawling out of the woodwork, from corporate offices, army, even the judiciary, one knew something major was stirring in the belly of the earth. First women abused…

Paromita Bardoloi As I write this, it is almost evening. My friend Parama just left for her hometown. She had a break-up a few days back. It was getting into her, so she took a few days off and went…

#MeToo has made it imperative for schools to take up sex education seriously Devi Kar Ever since #MeToo went viral in October last year and hitherto silent women began to complain freely about sexual subjugation by men in power, it…

Som Kamei Rani Gaidinliu, as we all know, was a legendary freedom fighter of whom India is really proud of. An Indian historian writes, “Any nation or country would be proud to have such a gifted woman who sacrificed everything…

Veena Venugopal In conferring the 2018 Peace prize, jointly, to Nadia Murad, a former sex slave of the Islamic State (IS), and Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynaecological surgeon who helps raped war survivors, the Nobel Committee has placed itself at…

Avijit Pathak Every year on October 2, I feel somewhat uneasy. From Rajghat to Parliament, from the declaration of “pro-people” policies to the empty slogan initiated by the political class, I experience the death of Gandhi. As the packaging of…

Sanhita Saikia The name of Mahatma Gandhi transcends the bounds of race, religion, states and nations and has emerged as a prophetic voice of the 21st century. More than half a century ago, Gandhiji through peaceful activism and promotion of…

Rajeev Bhargava A Minister of the West Bengal Government, Siddiqullah Chowdhury, reportedly remarked recently that for Muslims, “our holy scripture, the Quran Sharif, is supreme and if any constitutional provision… contradicts the Quran, then our scripture will prevail and not…

Jaydev Jana Surely we have a responsibility to leave for future generations a planet that is healthy and habitable by all species. ~ Sir David Attenborough Sustainable development is simply defined as a means to ‘fulfill the present needs without…