By Monjib Mochahari Does democracy provides space for political stupidity? The answer is probably ‘yes’ as there are enough manifestations that one can cite to prove it. To siege power, to remain in power and to exercise power, politicians in...

IT’S is usually believed that teachers cannot be killer. It’s a fact long we haven’t questioned yet. They are expected to be the architect of students’ fortune. Yet, it’s arguable that there is an overall increase in the frequency of...

IN bid to make political capital, Bharatya Janata Party’s (BJP) arsenal Varun Gandhi surrendered on Saturday and has been sent to 2-day judicial custody till Monday after he surrendered in a court over his reported anti-Muslim speeches. Gandhi is...

CONTINUING violence against infants, girls and women are being reported on a daily basis makes me feel that India is suffering from female-hatred mania. In the last couple of months cases of rapes and assault have made it to the headlines with alarming...

THEIR face is their fortune. Lipsticks and powder are their regular items. Their ill-fitted blouses and colourful saris make them awesomely unique as they walk the streets for their livelihood. It’s estimated, India has 1.2 million eunuchs...

IT’S a debatable question whether a pen can always fight against the bullets. Working in the trouble torn Northeast India is becoming increasingly unsafe for those who work without frontiers. In another shocking incident, before the old wound was...

Love or hate India’s male-dominated politics, you can’t ignore politics. 15th Lok Sabha polls are around the corner. Forget about the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), or the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) or the 3rd Front. It’s time to...

Nearly after 16 months later, Laxmi Oraon, a tribal woman from Assam’s Sonitpur district, who was stripped and assaulted in Guwahati has been offered a ticket by Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), a regional party, to contest the Tezpur...

Amann Kuchroo, who was ragged to death allegedly by his seniors in Dr. Rajendra Prasad Medical College, Himachal Pradesh He would have saved many lives. He would certainly have given smiles to the sufferings. But it’s very unfortunate, on Sunday...

Analytically, it is useful to look at Tuesday’s murderous terror attack on Sri Lankan cricketers near the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore in broad ways. First, the players were attacked attack because, the Jihadi elements in Pakistan seem to have...