By: Veena Venugopal At last count, Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar had been accused of sexual harassment by at least 10 women journalists. These accusations fall in...

By: RAM PUNIYANI In a judgment delivered on September 27, the Supreme Court in a 2-1 split verdict refused to refer its judgment in the Dr Ismail Faruqui case to...

By: Bhaskar Dutta How should growth and development be measured? The dominant tradition, at least in policy circles, continues to be an unhealthy reliance on growth in per capita national...

By: Marwan Kabalan Sectarianism and sectarian conflict in the Middle East are often presented as having centuries-old religious and theological roots. It is often said that sectarianism runs so deep...

By: Mehmal Sarfraz Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University in California, had accused the then US Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual misconduct. According to Ford,...

By: 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...

By: Mahmood A. Madani It is an axiom that a nation can forget its great leaders only at its own peril. Indeed, some leaders have a far-reaching influence on the...

By: Richard Wolffe Brett Kavanaugh is the symptom, not the cause, of our sickness. He is the nasal congestion snorted out by the politics that have plagued us for the...

By: Manjari Katju The State of Uttar Pradesh is fascinatingly diverse and a story in contrasts. It has a history of both intense political and religious contestation and of syncretic...

By: Syed Mohammad Ali Pakistan’s human rights record is not heartening. One would have thought that a political party with justice as its raison d’être would try and take the...