From the Frontline of Grief

Are Indian Slaughter Houses Safe?

The rising number of Covid-19 cases in the meat industry worldwide raises concerns about potential pandemics

Bikes and Vitamins

Our changed lives at the peak of the pandemic

The Politics of Healing

The extension of free food for another five months promises to help not just poor labourers but industry and agriculture as well

The Debt to Narasimha Rao

Whether he is honoured with the title or not, he is a Bharat Ratna

In the Names of the Father and the Son

The deaths of a mobile shopowner and his son from alleged custodial torture have put Tamil Nadu on the boil over police brutality

Lonelier in the End

A Covid-19 victim’s rites of passage at a Delhi crematorium

A Bad Day in the Neighbourhood

The New Working Class

With physical distancing and hyper hygiene, offices reopen to wary workers

Unfair and Less Lovely

The association of fair skin with beauty is ingrained in Indian society for thousands of years. People want what they want