It’s not just that Tanishq ad, a swarm of new promotional campaigns project women as strong, independent and in control of their worlds
02 February 2014Fashion blogs by teenagers in India have begun to resonate with readers, advertisers and fashionistas
09 December 2013Handheld by an NGO, they are out to expose doctors who aid sex selection
19 November 2013The woes of those who want to erase from their bodies inky tributes to people they once vowed to love forever
17 July 2013The culture of pigeon-racing in Old Delhi is a remnant of a Mughal era practice
20 June 2013Genetic testing for health risks holds plenty of promise in India, so long as enough people take to it
13 June 2013She may be a magician, but PC Sorcar’s daughter Maneka Sorcar just cannot make gender discrimination disappear
05 June 2013In a clumsy attempt to regulate India’s booming surrogacy market, the Government has put at risk the future of a large number of unborn babies in assisted reproduction clinics
02 May 2013Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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