Nikita Doval
Nirbhaya convicts and the emotional cost of counting the days between death and legal hope
The question is whether it will be extended to the personnel below officer rank, and to the Navy and Air Force as well
On ridiculous arguments against women in combat and command positions in defence forces
Sharad Arvind Bobde takes over as Chief Justice of India at a time when the position is more powerful than ever
The dynamism and creativity of a people who see Ram as their own prince, friend, son or brother will prevail
The abiding attraction of the Ramayana to Indian society, and to the Indian mind, lies in the innumerable idealised social relations that abound in the epic. Its importance as a template for social bonds is what is often missed in the textual discussions that preoccupy scholars
Justice has been meted out for a historical wrong. Hindus waited for this moment for five centuries and have taken it with dignified restraint. A majority of Muslims too have understood that they were misled by vested interests and it was wrong to destroy and appropriate the places of worship of others
Pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Lord is an elemental journey in every relevant religion. The Supreme Court, by adjudicating on the legality of the deity and granting an unfettered right to the deity’s birthplace, has created space for India to move on
“Hindu-Muslim relations over Ayodhya would not have deteriorated to this point if the left historians had not misled and misguided the Muslim group,” says historian Meenakshi Jain