Features

Can We Have ‘Truth and Reconciliation’ without Justice?

Warisha Farasat

If perpetrators of human rights abuses are shielded in the guise of reconciliation, a truth commission would be a futile exercise

‘Only a Mother Will Know This Pain’

Shahina KK

Arputham Ammal, the 65-year-old mother of one of the three on death row in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, opens her heart.

‘I’m Not Pleading for Mercy but for Justice’

Shahina KK

An exclusive interview in Vellore Central Jail with those sentenced to death in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

The Dangling Conspiracy Question

Shahina KK

Twenty-one years after Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, the mysterious Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency, set up to find out who was behind the conspiracy, has provided no answers

The Matrix Reloaded

Rahul Pandita

Three years after the Mumbai attacks of 26/11, India’s response to terror remains unchanged

The Importance of Being Sonia

Dhirendra K Jha

Why the Congress cannot do without her. And why that presents her with yet another political challenge

‘No harm in elevating the status (of the Lokpal) to a Constitutional body’

Dhirendra K Jha

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi heads the parliamentary Standing Committee in charge of formulating India’s Lokpal Bill. The committee has submitted reports on two other pieces of anti-graft legislation: the Whistleblower and Judicial Accountability bills. He spoke to Dhirendra K Jha on how the Lokpal Bill, together with the two other bills already cleared by the parliamentary panel, will serve as an important bulwark against corruption