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The writer is a development and communications consultant and the author of Kabul Blogs: My Days in the Life of Afghanistan

The LGBTQ+ community, as a minority, is one among many others in seeking equality and non-discrimination. (PTI File Photo)

Anita Anand | Legalising of gay marriage: The key is mobilising of...

By petitioning, LGBTQ+ groups are keeping the agenda of same-sex marriage and subsequent rights on the table and in view...

25 Oct 2023 6:35 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Anita Anand | India dreaming: Can we land on the moon and build...

Are the 1.4 billion Indians dreams and ambitions elevated by the space odyssey or the landing?

9 Sept 2023 6:46 PM

Volunteers with displaced villagers from Gwaltabi protest over the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur, at Yaingangpokpi in Imphal East. (PTI Photo)

Anita Anand | India remains a diverse nation, but there's little sign...

Nehru's vision of India was one where differences would be celebrated, and we would be unified. But no mechanisms set in...

24 Aug 2023 6:35 PM

Book Review | Doughty subaltern teen beats trafficking, shows community new future

Book Review | Doughty subaltern teen beats trafficking, shows...

There is intrigue, excitement, suspense and action.

19 Aug 2023 6:57 PM

Prime minister Narendra Modi (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Anita Anand | India, at 2047, as a developed nation: It'll just be a...

It is a sovereign state with a high Human Development Index (HDI) compared to other countries

18 July 2023 6:30 PM

Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi, P Chidambaram, KC Venugopal and other members stage a protest near the Gandhi Statue demanding discussion on national security and Indo-China border dispute issue during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Anand | Protests, and how to handle them: A wake-up call for all...

The fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression means citizens can express themselves, in peaceful ways.

17 Jun 2023 6:40 PM

Family members during the final rites of Sneha Chaurasia, who was shot dead inside the Greater Noidas Shiv Nadar University allegedly by a classmate, in Kanpur, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Anand | How trauma and rejection led to a murder-suicide tragedy...

Such incidents can be averted with greater awareness and preparedness in understanding our emotions

27 May 2023 6:40 PM

The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)

Anita Anand | Imagining a new form of marriage in India: It has to...

Over the last decade, acceptance of homosexuality has grown in India, especially since Supreme Court decriminalised...

2 May 2023 6:35 PM

Dalai Lama (PTI file photo)

Anita Anand | A human error' by Dalai Lama: Let's be ready to rethink...

Many cultural practices once deemed innocent, have of late been reviewed to reflect current realities

19 April 2023 6:30 PM

Shraddha Walkar (ANI)

Anita Anand | A wake-up call: Are families in India failing their...

No matter how free young Indians feel, they are deeply tied to their families, especially if the families are...

26 Feb 2023 7:09 PM

Droupadi Murmu, who is set to be the first tribal woman President of India, in New Delhi, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (PTI)

Anita Anand | What Droupadi as President will mean for tribals? Not...

Are such appointments of women and individuals from the minorities just tokenism?

2 Aug 2022 6:17 PM

Anita Anand | Overturning Roe: Its overzealous morality at play vs sexual pleasure

Anita Anand | Overturning Roe: It's overzealous morality at play vs...

Abortion has long been a contentious issue in the US, sharply dividing Americans along partisan, ideological and...

10 July 2022 6:25 PM