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Outrage over Police Medal to SP Ankit Garg

The news of a gallantry medal to Dantewada SP Ankit Garg comes as a big shock even as Soni Sori continues to be in Jail
Hardnews Bureau Delhi

TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY

Editorial: December 2011
Hardnews Bureau

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Rushdie Row: Did India fail the idea of freedom?

Viewpoint: Rushdie has visited the country several times before, without facing any protests or outcry. Where was the Indian 'medieval' moral police, the Indian 'Taliban,' then? Why the uproar now?
Samarth Pathak Delhi

Soni Sori Case: An open letter to the SC judges

More than 200 eminent citizens and civil rights groups write an open letter to the judges of the SC
Hardnews Bureau Delhi

Emperor Ashoka II—Not Quite

A slaughter to remember...
Badri Raina Delhi

The Unbearable Immorality of Honour

Even as songs of love are brutally silenced by khap panchayats, using marriage codes rooted in their history of denying women the right to natal property, a documentary celebrates stubborn resistance to this bloodlust of feudal authority
Shaweta Anand Delhi

The Megalomania called Team Anna

In this freezing cold, it's time to dump Anna Hazare and his Sancho Panzas into the garbage can of history
Amit Sengupta Delhi

Till death do us apart

How many more must die for love before it's curtain call for khaps and their feudal power?
Shaweta Anand Delhi

DWARKA RAPE: Accused arrested

Police arrest accused after a five day campaign by North East Support Helpline
Hardnews Bureau Delhi

Return of the Fear

More innocent Muslim youth face witch-hunting by counter-terrorist agencies
Hardnews Bureau Delhi

Absolut Justice

Forget murder, rape, smuggling, terrorism and corruption – in Pakistan drinking liquor is the mother of all crimes
Newsline Karachi

THE UN-GANDHIAN FROM RALEGAN SIDDHI

This obsessive TV brand icon is an absolute anti-thesis of all that is Gandhian. His relentlessly aggressive, crass rhetoric and body language is transparent evidence
Manoj K Jha Delhi

THE ORDERING OF LITERATURE

JAIPUR LITERARY FESTIVAL: If the ethical ground of a literary festival is compromised, it will simply turn into a politically correct festival
Manash Bhattacharjee Delhi

What Affects Voters’ Choice in Uttar Pradesh?

A survey covering 18 districts delving into the details of how and why people vote in the elections
BK Bajpai Lucknow

UP Election: Do we have a real choice?

Viewpoint: The typical Indian politician is an opportunist par excellence who changes colours like a chameleon. So should we vote for?
Ibraheem Ali Khan Lucknow

I am not Anna

Guess who’s having the last laugh? Sharad Pawar, of course. Anna Hazare has finally been paid back for making that scornful remark, “Just one slap?” Practically, the entire city slapped Hazare in return. How’s that for poetic justice?
Rupa Gulab Mumbai

Glitz and Gutter: Sphere of Influence

How the mind and intestines of cricket were changed in India
Sandeep Kumar Delhi

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