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“The Cherry-Picking Has to Stop”

Rape is not an exotic crime, but an extension of the oppression that women bear daily. The media must take it seriously

The Illusion of Immunity

What makes rapists feel they can get away with it?

Digitisation and Dumbing Down

Why the Indian broadcast news industry is staring at an abyss

Who Cares about the Temple?

An Open/C-Voter opinion poll finds that an overwhelming majority of the BJP’s support base will foreground issues of governance and development during the 2014 Lok Sabha election

Back to Rama for Rajya

The return of the party’s Ayodhya agenda

It’s Raining Rats

A killer disease returns to Mumbai

To Mother a Beach

Two women’s stories of their struggle against sand mining—one protecting a river, and the other, the sea

Why People Run

The motivations of common people who run distances that most others can’t even walk

The Juhu Gold Rush

In the rains, young fishermen who live around this Mumbai beach go out to sea in search of lost jewellery and coins

A Smuggling Town

Life around Sampurna Nagar, on the border between India and Nepal, revolves around illegally—and creatively—moving goods between the two countries

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