In 2012 new legislation was passed to protect children against sexual abuse. But the gap between the law and ground realities remains large.
Singapore may soon elect its first female president – but the struggle for gender equality in the region is far from being won.
India played a key moral role in international affairs during the anti-colonial struggles and as a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement during the cold war. What happened then?
Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi distills the vital lessons from the past, the complicated legacy of independence and partition, and the enduring relevance of nonviolent resistance.
"Hyper-nationalism and the closing of the mind is also ‘a manifestation of insecurity about one’s place in the world.’”
The cow has highlighted religious, regional, social and cultural differences. Some humans have been killed in the name of the cow.
The Great India Show covers even science in India. It has been blessed by the two governments. Britain is out on a mission to rediscover India.
In a world mediated by sound-bites, perhaps the theatre can take us back to what it means to be human.
If religious passions are inflamed, it is election time. This is what every regular visitor to India has come to know.
How can a global garment value chain that relies on the systemic devaluation of female labour be expected to fulfil promises of empowerment for women informal workers? It can’t. Here’s why.
Modi can get away with anything now. His public adores muscular Hinduism, majoritarianism, politicised nationalism and a neo-liberal development model which gives subsidized big corporates big incentives.
Tribal bodies dominated by men, protesting against a 33 percent reservation for women to participate in public office, have brought parts of Nagaland to a standstill.
