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The writer is a senior TV journalist and author

It is true that many women still cannot muster the courage to complain that they were assaulted sexually. But the possibility of false complaints also cannot be ruled out.(Representational image)

Sexual freedom versus sexual assault

Complaints of sexual harassment are rising by leaps and bounds It is true that there is no dearth of philanderers and...

15 Oct 2018 12:07 AM IST

Former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn (Photo: AP)

Will Indian VIPs ever learn to live simply, and for others?

The British introduced a hierarchical and feudal system in India though they had a different system back home.

27 Sept 2018 2:07 AM IST

Dalit activist and supporters hold placards and raise slogans during a protest march against the alleged dilution of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Act in Mumbai in April. (Photo: PTI)

Independence of judiciary: Do away with post-retirement appointments

Commissions are a highly institutionalised tradition, a deeply ingrained feature of the political culture.

15 Aug 2018 12:22 AM IST

Police barricade in front of the house where 11 people died in Burari. (Photo: PTI)

Line of demarcation between faith and superstition is thin

The question is, how to distinguish faith from superstition or madness.

5 July 2018 6:43 AM IST

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

As Bangladesh killings intensify, why is the world keeping quiet?

Global human rights bodies have spoken up, but only in the context of Rohingya Muslims, pressuring Bangladesh to permit...

21 Jun 2018 12:36 AM IST

Former President Pranab Mukherjee is welcomed by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at the closing ceremony of Tritiya Varsha Sangh Shiksha Vargâ€, an RSS event to mark the conclusion of a three-year training camp for swayamsevaks in Nagpur. (Photo: PTI)

Indian conception of nationalism and need for dialogue

It is true that India has always accepted pluralism as is evident from the Vedic literature which is replete with such...

12 Jun 2018 2:55 AM IST

Members of the ruling party in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly show the victory sign after succesfully winning the trust vote session for the newly-sworn in chief minister of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the Karnataka Assembly at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on May 25. (Photo: AFP)

In K'taka, constitutional and political morality are at stake

In mature democracies, coalition governments are never formed just for the sake of power.

1 Jun 2018 12:35 AM IST

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Courts must remain open, justice be visible

On October 5, 1936, a bomb was thrown into the chief justice's court at the Patna high court, but it did not become...

9 May 2018 12:38 AM IST

Wrongful prosecutions, high-handedness by cops and hapless people: A...

False cases are a major cause of burgeoning litigation.

4 Dec 2017 12:30 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru (Photo PTI)

To curb dynasties, need law to regulate parties

One may fault the BJP and the Left parties for many things, but dynastic politics is not one of them.

4 Oct 2017 12:46 AM IST

Home Minister Rajnath Singh described the attack on Amarnath pilgrims as very unfortunate and painful. (Photo: PTI)

Article 35A: The debate is on...

Superseding the earlier Order of 1950, it extended the application of various provisions of the Constitution, including...

20 Sept 2017 2:38 AM IST

Deposed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan, on August 12. (Photo: AP)

Pak: Judicial independence or playing to the gallery?

The Pakistani Army is known to pull the levers of power directly or indirectly.

21 Aug 2017 12:52 AM IST