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Mind the Gap: How free bus rides are changing the lives of women

India, July 28 -- Shobha, the mother of a daughter who needs fortnightly hospital visits for a chronic kidney ailment, is talking about how her life changed after the Karnataka government introduced f... Read More


After Coldplaygate, the world of moral lynchings

India, July 26 -- Are we done with our thin-lipped moralising over what some are calling Coldplaygate? You do know what I'm talking about, the video of the man and woman, he's got her in a tight cinch... Read More


Mind the Gap: The price of justice

India, July 21 -- The 20-year-old student told her college principal that her head of department Samir Kumar Sahu was asking her for sexual favours and, when she turned him down, began harassing her a... Read More


Mind the Gap: Racing against the clock: Can Indian origin nurse Nimisha Priya be saved?

India, July 14 -- Time is running out for Nimisha Priya, the nurse from Kerala on death row in Yemen. The date for her execution has been set for July 16; it was communicated by the director general o... Read More


Learning to say no to an abusive marriage

India, July 12 -- Learning to say no to an abusive marriage This is an appeal to the parents of daughters. Marriage is not their final destination. It is career and financial independence. Girls are ... Read More


Mind the Gap: Another rape rocks Kolkata. But politicians are busy playing their usual game

India, July 7 -- Another day another rape and, of course, political points are flying fast and thick. Yet again, the BJP says West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee must resign. Yet again, Banerje... Read More