crime
She and the City
V Shoba
The alleged encounter killing of the four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad may have made heroes of the police. But at the same time, officers in plainclothes are making the city safer for women
‘Modern life is against crime and the enjoyment of crime’
A veteran of children’s books and crime fiction, Anthony Horowitz tells Bhavya Dore why he chose to change the rules of the murder mystery
Murder on Her Mind
Jollyamma Joseph, believed to have killed six people over fourteen years in Kerala, is not exceptional
Botched Prosecutions
A judgment for acquittal in the death of two Dalit sisters in Kerala highlights the state’s refusal to acknowledge its child abuse problem
Lives and Deaths in Tihar
It’s India’s most fabled jail that housed the notorious and the respectable, and where some prisoners were more equal than others and some executions were stranger than what was reported. Startling revelations of a man who witnessed their lives and last moments
Kamlesh Tewari: A Murder in Lucknow
As long as political blinkers continue to affect attempts at understanding religious radicalism, such events will continue to recur
The Cyanide Killings
A series of deaths spanning 14 years in a Kerala family is alleged to be one of the rare instances of a female serial killer in India but conclusive evidence is turning out to be hard to come by
India’s Most Wanted Movie Review
This is a reasonably watchable film that, unfortunately, goes off the radar every now and then
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