India

Rigour Mortis

Sreenivasan Jain

The pursuit of justice in Mumbai’s terror cases demands an investigative thoroughness. Which, for all practical purposes, seems dead

The Injured Are Everywhere

Rahul Bhatia

As we come under attack, yet again, what do our reactions say about us?

His Master’s Choice

Jatin Gandhi

The chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes seems to be on a Congress assignment

The Agony of the Usual Suspects

Jyoti Punwani

After every terrorist attack, they are picked up by the police. They are inevitably Muslims, and there is rarely any outrage in India about such blatant communal profiling

As Parliament gets set to reconvene, a bill to protect children from sexual abuse is on the agenda. Author Pinki Virani has warned that the bill might end up as a ‘graveyard of good intentions’ unless parts of it are redrafted. She explains to Open where the draft bill falls short