Born with a female body, he underwent a mastectomy as part of his sex change. Now he struggles to gather the money for the surgery to complete the process

The political activist’s poetry suggests that in many ways, she is now a victim of her own sacrifices

Sinam Ongbi Chandrajini lost two young sons and a sister when Assam Rifles personnel arbitrarily opened fire on civilians in Malom in 2000. It was the horror of this incident that led Irom Sharmila to begin her fast against AFSPA

Azad Khan was 12 years old when he was shot in Manipur, allegedly for being an insurgent. A Commission appointed by the Supreme Court has ruled this was one of six extra judicial killings

Underage ‘insurgents’: tales of coercion and courage

State governments are turning to vipassana to control stress among staff

For fashion designer Arjun Saluja, clothes are a way to transcend gender lines

How a woman trapped in a man’s body fought to find herself

The marriage of two former chief ministers

The Rainbow Family of Living Light is a fringe community that claims to have no rules

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