human rights

Inconvenient Martyr

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

That a headscarf can cost someone her life is disturbing enough. That the world media looked the other way is worse

Burma’s Steve Biko

Satya Sivaraman

Min Ko Naing has just received the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights. Often seen as Suu Kyi’s political heir, he is serving a 65-year term for organising the 2007 uprising against the junta

Brotherhood of Urchins

Shubhangi Swarup

On the streets, boys survive on a powerful code of absolute friendship. They become one, a swarm, a super organism that sometimes gapes through your car window