crime

The Age of Criminal Reason

Madhavankutty Pillai

An adult for some crimes—and a juvenile for others?

Too Young for Punishment

Mihir Srivastava

…and too hard to reform

About a Rape Verdict

arindam

The street view

“The Cherry-Picking Has to Stop”

Kavita Krishnan

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

The Outsiders

Madhavankutty Pillai

If migrants are responsible for crimes in India’s cities, why are they always from the labour class?

Dumb and Dumber

Lhendup G Bhutia

Stealing sperm, trying to rob the Reserve Bank of India, selling a stolen motorcycle back to its owner… these criminals are so stupid that they are an insult to crime

Failing to Escape

Madhavankutty Pillai

If Bitti Mohanty had made a clean break from his past, he would never have been caught in India. But then, that is almost impossible to do

When a Juvenile Rapes

Aanchal Bansal

The science and logic behind the definition of a ‘juvenile’. And the consequences

The Battle to Tame Bihar

Chinki Sinha

The brief history of an anarchy

How the Violation Continues

Jay Mazoomdaar

Our voyeuristic outrage at rape will not end the life of this crime. But maybe it won’t be attempted so often, so brazenly if we start dealing with rape for what it really is