Mumbai Notebook

Female Qazis: Raising the Bar

India’s pioneering female qazis are pushing for a gender-neutral interpretation of Muslim law

It’s Women’s Year in Thailand

Media Morality

The sting operation by Mangalam news channel has triggered a debate on media ethics

Farming Death in Telangana

Where women farmer suicides are the highest

Rani of Jhansi Regiment: Sisters in Arms

The little known, and thoroughly fascinating, truth about the Rani of Jhansi Regiment

Sex and the Catholic Church: Sins of the Father

Another case of sexual assault rocks the Catholic Church in Kerala

State of Disgrace

What an attack on an actor says about Kerala

Attack on an Actor

The sexual assault on a South Indian star brings out the darker side of the Malayalam film industry

Night, Sea and Death

A haunting first novel set in Pakistan of the 70s