As urban India moves away from handlooms and takes the high road to fashion, it has left in its wake a cultural legacy and shattered lives… »

Far from being ‘stable', Egypt is a country of multiple fissures as the current uprising shows… »

Women in rural India continue to die because of indifference and neglect by healthcare authorities... »

Finally we have a law that addresses sexual harassment at the workplace. But some controversial clauses need to be debated… »

The reasons for the high drop-out rate of girls are simple: Fear of corporal punishment, sexual abuse and the lack of basic amenities like toilets in schools. »

Improvements in infrastructure should make cities safer for women. Delhi is the exception to the rule… »

It is 150 years since the first boat carrying Indians arrived on the shores of South Africa. How do South African Indians view themselves today? Kalpana Sharma finds out that while the older generation is torn between their multiple identities, the gen next knows where it really belongs… »

“Tell me, this man, the American President who is here, will his visit help us in India?” asked Srinivas, a driver in a private taxi service in Mumbai. Srinivas once worked in a... »

The Commonwealth Games fiasco, more than anything else, has exposed the hypocrisy of our attitudes… »

If women are getting more visibility today, it is partly because of the changes initiated by the UN conferences of the 1990s… »