Sudha Ramachandran With the US Congress approving legislation that allows civilian nuclear trade with India, a new era in India’s nuclear relationship with the world has begun. While there is much jubila

Mhonbemo PattonThrough this column, I would like to plight to All Christian communities in Nagaland and to express few words of my personal views i.e. when we consider about the Christian communities in Nagalan

Sudha Ramachandran With a successful missile-interception test last week, India has taken a significant step toward joining an elite club of countries that possess an incipient missile defense capability.

Tim SullivanIt’s an unused cornfield at the edge of an isolated village, an empty plot of earth that the police flattened with a backhoe and hosed down with a water tanker. But villagers take off their shoes

Prashant BhushanThe amendments proposed to the Right to Information Act are a substantial roll back of the Act. The persistent manner in which the government is pushing them despite mounting public criticism, i

Kent EwingAs World AIDS Day passed last week in China, something remarkable happened: Beijing took notice, allowing an acclaimed US-made documentary on the disease to be aired on state television. An abridged v

Abraham LothaIf there is a showroom that exhibits the variety and richness of Naga cultural heritage, it is the Hornbill Festival held at Kisama every December for the past six years. This is my first at the Ho

Parwini Zora & Daniel Woreck A recent report by the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) documents the systematic human rights abuses carried out by the Indian security forces in the state of Jammu and Ka

David FullbrookPrecise data about the AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes it are scant in the secretive military-run country, which until recently banned all local reporting on HIV and A

Dilip D’SouzaThe mob came from three different directions. Each group was preoccupied with its own murder. Bhayyalal’s wife and daughter had their skulls smashed in, and his boys were beaten to death with s

Alex Au Is Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong moving to soften the island state’s time-tested capitalist credentials with state welfare policies for the poor? Growing economic inequality has put Lee to

Dipankar BhattacharyaIs the Indian State a protector or an alienator? I think it is both and much more. Of the one billion people in our country, there are certainly a few millions who feel perfectly protected

Prashant BhushanAt a time when the dominant class in India is obsessed with power and when India appears to be at the threshold of becoming an “economic and military superpower”, it is interesting that Tehe

Praful BidwaiIndia, which has long prided itself as a shining example of democracy and religious-cultural pluralism, is being forced to contend with an unpleasant truth: the foundations of its claim to religiou

Ram PuniyaniThere may be various parameters to judge the prevalence of democratic spirit in a country. One of them may be how well the minorities are doing, how safe they feel, how aligned they feel, how much a

Vidya Bhushan RawatIn the country of one billion people over 24% of the population belong to Dalits and tribals. Nearly 80% of the Dalit population in India lives in villages and very interestingly the gender r

Dr Bhaskar DasguptaOver the past few weeks, I was reading in the newspapers about various decisions made, and I cannot help but wonder whether these people have simply taken leave of their senses. I know common

Subramaniam VincentFinally, it feels the way it must feel. Relief, that community radio stations will be a reality soon, and excitement, that there is much to look forward to. An NGO can now get a license to ai

Harsh DobhalNew private ward. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. As you enter the building, about a dozen policemen and intelligence personnel stop you. After seeking permission from a

Daryl G. KimballThis week, the Senate might debate and vote on proposed legislation (S. 3709) to relax long-standing restrictions on U.S. nuclear trade with India, which is not a member of the nuclear Nonprolif