Opinion

A photo taken inside a hall showing five Telangana police officers in khaki uniforms seated and standing at a long white folding table covered with a black tablecloth. A female police officer stands at the center holding a microphone, speaking to an unseen audience. To her right sit three male police officers, and to her far left sits another male police officer. Behind them hangs a large blue and white banner for "MEE SURAKSHA" (Systematic Enumeration and Verification of Domestic Help Workers) by the Malkajgiri Police Commissionerate, featuring statistics, emergency helpline numbers, a QR code, and instructions for enrolling domestic workers and tenants.
Opinion

Hyderabad's ‘Mee Suraksha’ and the policing of domestic work

Boddu Srujana
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A nation afraid of jokes: The shrinking space for political satire in India
Opinion

A nation afraid of jokes: The shrinking space for political satire in India

Megha Mukundan
5 min read
Cauvery dispute and Ambedkar’s thought on interstate water-sharing principles
Opinion

Cauvery dispute and Ambedkar’s thought on interstate water-sharing principles

Shivasundar
7 min read
A crowded Jantar Mantar during the recent protest
Opinion

No progeny, no future? Rethinking legacy in a world defined by parenthood

Ketaki Chowkhani
4 min read
The crowd at Jantar Mantar
Opinion

There is no Gen Z: Protests can’t be reduced to a letter of the alphabet

Vinay Kambipura
7 min read
Humour, satire and irreverence: Why Gen Z is laughing back at its trolls
News

Humour, satire and irreverence: Why Gen Z is laughing back at its trolls

Bharathy Singaravel
3 min read
Protest at Jantar Mantar
Opinion

Dissent in the time of censorship: A democracy’s health depends on critique, not fear

Rasni Bai
5 min read
Abhijeet Dipke addressing a gathering
Opinion

Behold this prophetic moment: Abhijeet Dipke has freed us from fear

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
7 min read
The battle for common sense: Reclaiming Adivasi knowledge from 'Brain Capture'
Opinion

The battle for common sense: Reclaiming Adivasi knowledge from 'Brain Capture'

Palla Trinadha Rao
6 min read
Collage showing state surveillance using body cams, Meta AI glasses
Opinion

Jantar Mantar to farmer protests: Unchecked state surveillance in India

K Gopika Babu
5 min read
A large crowd of students and young people gathers at Freedom Park in Bengaluru for an education protest. Several Indian flags are raised above the crowd, while protesters hold handwritten placards and banners demanding accountability and access to public education.
Karnataka

A zen moment at Bengaluru Freedom Park: Watching Gen Z reclaim India’s future

Latha Kuttappan
3 min read
The watchdog that chose to wait: NHRC’s delay as Jantar Mantar protesters were assaulted
Opinion

The watchdog that chose to wait: NHRC’s delay as Jantar Mantar protesters were assaulted

Sanjay Hegde
4 min read
Tamil Nadu fails at appointing non-official visitors to prisons despite recurring custodial deaths
Opinion

Tamil Nadu fails at appointing non-official visitors to prisons despite recurring custodial deaths

Mouriya S
5 min read
How one Karnataka village's traditional diet is linked to healthy child growth
Karnataka

How one Karnataka village's traditional diet is linked to healthy child growth

Jerald Dsouza SJ
5 min read
Protests in Delhi
News

The Hindu has awakened, now what?

Sudipto Mondal
6 min read
Side-by-side composite image of actor Vismaya Mohanlal and actor-director and BJP leader Major Ravi. Vismaya is smiling in an outdoor setting, while Ravi is speaking in a video frame with bookshelves in the background.
Kerala

PSA: Vismaya Mohanlal doesn’t need Major Ravi’s permission to have an opinion

Lakshmi Priya
5 min read
Victory for the farmers of Bidadi: Is the celebration premature?
Karnataka

As Bidadi farmers celebrate victory, lessons from Devanahalli warn it is premature

Shivasundar
4 min read
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